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CA ASIAN. ' . - K , . . it . - t VOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1909. No. SO EDITORIAL BRIEFS Bryan has no decided not to mount nor paramount prohibition. Taktt the i-1'.-seeking spirit out ot the Democratic party and what hare you left? The Democrats will hardlr make the Money question an Issue in the next campaign. The Washington Herald suggests that what the Democratic party needs is a clearing house for trouble. When the News and Observer ad mits that a Democrat is "disgusting" what must that person be? Filthy lucre? The Democrats might avoid some trouble by not adopting any platform next time and they would run just as well. Just suppose Thomas Jefferson should come back and find Senator Money masquerading as a Democratic leader! The Winston Journal says that town will soon have another snuff factory. Are the rest of us expected to sneeze? If the Democrats again nominate Judge Parker for the Presidency they will have still more trouble with the Money question. When It comes to appointing mem bers of one's family to office, Senator j Money takes the lead and he isn't a Republican either. If the Congressmen would stop sending out political speeches under a government frank the postal deficit might cease to exist. A Democratic paper says that the future of the Democratic party is very bright. That may be so, but its past has been very dark. The penitentiary authorities may yet have to lay that Robeson County murderer across a telegraph wire in order to get him electrocuted. Since there is no special honor in the Job, Senator Money probably thought he was given the leadership for what money there wa3 In it. The frauds that have been un earthed in connection with the sugar trust should make Congress ready and wilii g to reduce the tariff on re fined sugar. Senator Money has all the members of his family on the government pay roll, drawing all the money possible and yet some people will ask what's in a name. The editor of the Siler City Grit says that 45,000 rabbits have been shipped this year from Siler City alone. Who said the Chatham rabbit crop was short? "A French physician has made a dead dog bark" says and exchange. Now if he can also make a dead mule bray the Republicans may have some noisy opposition next year. It will soon be necessary for per sons traveling through the South to make the trip on Camels, as they are the only animals that can go any length of time without drink. A witness went crazy because he was called to testify against the Standard Oil Trust. From present prospects no one will ever go crazy in this State for the same cause. The Washington correspondent of The Charlotte Observer refers to Mr. Bryan as the dying Nebraskan. Bryan may be dying politically but he will be sure to scar some one else as he goes down. How in the name of Thomas Jef ferson can the Democrats expect the People to let them run Uncle Sam's business when they make so many in excusable blunders in managing their own affairs? "With the present tariff on wool, even the wolf will soon have to abandon sheep's clothing," says the iew York Post. From that view it would be well to let the tariff re main. Senator fllmr nf nanrcrla crrT varv mad and used some ugly words when It was reported that he intended to resign. The report didn't make any merence, senator; we knew you -didn't Intend to resign. PRESIDENT ZELAYA RESIGNS. Nicaraguan President la Down and Out The Revolutionists Were Gaining Ju Strength Will Be a Hard Fight Over His Successor. Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 16. Jose Santos Zelaya has resigned from the presidency of Nicaragua. He placed hi3 resignation in the hands of Congress this morning. Apparent ly there was no other course for him to take. The people were at last aroused. The guns of the revolution ists threatened. The warships of the United States lay in Nicaraguan porta. Managua has been Beethlng for days. The spirit of revolt has spread even to the gates of the palace. Zelaya surrounded himself with an armed guard. Unchecked, the pop ulace have marched through the streets, crying for the end of the olu, proclaiming the new regime. There is no doubt that Congress will act quickly on his resignation, for the people have demanded it. Dr. Jose Madriz, Judge of the Cen tral American court of justice at Cartagoa, who has been close to Ze laya and is now his choice for Presi dent, will arrive here on Saturday, but General Estrada under whose command the great body of fighting insurgents now face Vasquez's troops at Rama will have none of him. Es trda's word will bear weight In the choice of a President. Zelaya has known, too, that Mad riz is not acceptable to the United States, and he has sought to learn who could be looked upon with favor by that government as his successor. ATLANTA PRISON A VILE STENCH. Members of Committee Forced to Wrap Ilanderkerchiefs Around Their Faces so They Could Pass Through Stockade. Superinten dent and Guard Arrested for Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17. Superin tendent D. M. Vining and guard V. P. Cornet were indicted to-day and conditions at the city prison, known locally as the stockade, were pro nounced inhuman, increditable and "vile" by the grand jury which has been investigating the jail. The jury recommends a clean sweep in the office force and the immdeiate establishment of conditions fit for human beings. The report states that the jurors who inspected the stockade found the stench so foul that the members were forced to wrap handkerchiefs around their faces to endure the trip, and that some of them were made sick by the vile odors. The re port concluded by stating that the stables in which the mules were kept were much more habitable than the prison. In the negro's quarters were found nearly two hundred prisoners, shack led so that they could neither bathe nor change clothes, the room had not a single ventilation, the sick were unattended, and there were no sani tary arrangements. One prisoner, with typhoid, was left on a filthy blanket. Another with a gunshot wound in the breast had for a cov ering next to the wound a shirt that was so dirty that the committee did not see how he could escape infec tion. The women's quarters, even those for white women, convicted of trivial offenses, were, no better, and the jurors said they had reason to be lieve that shackles had been taken off the women because the officials learned of the intended visit of the inquirers. The barbarous modes of punishment, including leaden rivited straps, rings in the walls to which prisoners were suspended for as long as forty minutes In succession and whipping chairs, were recently de nounced as Inhuman. The report says that all this is the more inhu man because the prisoners are sent to the stockade because they are un able to pay a money fine for misde meanors. ARBUCKLE BROTHERS ARE ALSO GUILTY. Independent Sugar Refining Com pany Pays the Government $695,- 573 Amount Due on Short Weights New York, Dec. 15. Arbuckle Bros., generally credited with being the largest independent rivals of the American Sugar Refining Company, have acknowledged that from 1898 to 1907, they, too, failed to pay to the government all the money due as customs charged on imported sugar. In settlement of all civil claims against them the Arbuckles have of fered and the Treasury Department, with the concurrence of the Attorney General has accepted, payment of $695,573. But criminal prosecution of those responsible will in no wise be ham pered or conditioned by thi3 accept ance. Norfolk & Southern Buys Property at New Bern. New Bern, N. C, Dec. 16. The Norfolk and Soutern Railroad Com pany has purchased the property on the corner of Griffith and Queen streets, and running up Griffith street about 200 feet. The purchase price was $16,000, and the purchase was made as a part of the agreement In regard to the building of a union passenger depot It is said that plans will be made at once for building the depot and that work will begin with in a short time. MAY CHANGE DATE Congress May Decide to Change Date of Meeting' to January. LITTLE DONE IN DECEMBER May Also Change Date of Inaugura tion to April or May A Full Su preme Court Bench After Christ mas The Cook and Peary Contro versyThe Subjugation of the Air By tho Wright Brothers Tho Bal-linger-Pinchot Controversy, (Special to The Caucaslon.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 22, 1909. During the last few days nearly all the Congressmen and Senators who are not too far from home have left the city for the holidays. Practically nothing has been ac complished by Congress so far; In deed, thi3 is usually the case for the month of December. It was almost a ncessary result this year, on ac count of the President's message failing to cover several of the most important points of mooted legisla tion. During the month there has been much discussion as to the desirability of changing the date for the assem bling of Congress to either the first of November or the first of January, on the ground that under present ar rangement the month of December is practically wasted. Were It not for the fact that every other year elec tions occur in the first week in No vember, it seems that the consensus of opinion would unquestionably be in favor of changing the date to the first of November. There has also been a renewal of discussion of the question of chang ing the date of inauguration, and it seems that sooner or later the date will be changed to some time in April or May. A Full Supreme Court Bench. The Supreme Court has adjourned for the holidays, and it now seems that the bench will be full when It assembles again in January, for the first time since it convened last fall. Justice Peckham, of New York, died before the convening of the court, and Justice Moody has ben in a san itarium for the last few months suf fering with rheumatism. It is now anounced that Justice Moody will be on the bench in the re-assembling of the court after the holidays, and with the confirmation of the appointment of Judge Lurton to succeed Judge Peckham, the bench will again be full. The Cook and Peary Controversy. The chief subject of comment In the Capitol to-day is the announce ment of the decision of the consistory of the University of Copenhagen that the records submitted by Dr. Cook are not sufficient to Justify them In finding that he reached the North Pole. This report has been received with unusual glee by the Pearyites, and, of course, with great disappoint ment by the Cookites. However, there is a general expression of sat isfaction on the part of those who are not partisans of either that tho Pole has been discovered, and that it was done by an American, whether it was done by Cook or Peary, or both. Indeed, one of the most remarkable events ever recorded in history will be the discovery of the North Pole. The Subjugation of the Air. Along with this great achievement will rank, with probably no less, and possibly more practical and useful achievements, the subjugation of the air by the Wright Brothers. With the many remarkable advancements made in science and art during the year, these two achievements accom plished by Americana will overshadow all others. M iorever The Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy. The controversy which arises be tween the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, as to which Department through the policies It is pursuing was tending most to conserve or not to conserve the great natural resources of the country, has not only stirred official Washington, but has attracted the at tention of the nation from ocean to ocean. It goes without saying that one of the most notable actions of the Kooseveit administration was inw movement put on foot by President Roosevelt to stop the extravagant waste of the country's natural re sources, such as the ruthless and im provident cutting of timber and the denuding of the forests and the les sening of the storage of water sup ply for rivers, and also the prevent ing of the monopolization of the great water powers and coal deposits by a few capitalists. It is not stat ing it too strongly to say that the country was shocked at the revela tion of the extent of the wastefu and Improvident actions which has resulted in so greatly impairing the country's greatest capital, its natura resources. j The sentiment of the country, how ever, has been somewhat divided as to whether the policies being pur sued by the Agricultural Depart iment or by the Interior Department were best calculated to carry out the Roosevelt policies In this Important respect. But it Is probably safe to say that the majority of the senti ment is on the eld of the Agricul tural Department, while the position of the Interior Department has been more or leas under fire. This con troversy has grown so acute that it seems that there will be Congres sional investigation to determine the truth about the matter, and It Is an nounced that the President himself has agreed that such a course is nec essary In order to satisfy the public. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Yesterday (Wednesday) was the shortest day in the year. Mr. J. B. Holland, a prominent merchant of New T3:u, 5ed Satur day. The woman's dormitory of Bennett College for colored, at Greensboro, was burned Friday morning. The estate of Leopold, the late King of Belgium, is estimated at $56,000,000. The Atlantic Coast Line will ex tend their tracks to Charlotte. A force of surveyors are now at work on the line. A well developed case of small-pox was discovered in Greensboro Mon day. A. B. White, the unfortunate man, has been quarantined. The Board of Aldermen of Greens boro have passed an ordinance re quiring that all citizens of that town keep their dogs tied or muzzled. President Taft has granted a par don to John Leonard who was serv ing a sentence in Atlanta prison for robbing the post-office at Dunn, N. C. Mr. W. P. Ragan at High Point and Mr. Heenan Hughes at Graham have been nominated by President Taft to be postmasters In their re spective towns. Mr. Edward P. Daris, a prominent farmer and -school teacher of Gran ville County, happened to the mis fortune to have his hand cut off in a shredder some days ago. Judge Cook, of Superior Court Bench, charged the jury at Wilson Monday that those responsible for deaths in games of football should be indicted for manslaughter. Suit has been Instituted against the Durham Traction Company for $35, 000 for the death of Fuller Houston a year ago. The defendants claimed that Houtson died of heart-failure. Mr. R. P. Foster, Superintendent of Division of Norfolk and Southern Railway south of Albemarle Sound, has resigned and will return to Ashe ville to engage in the manufacturing business. A batch of eight students were expelled from Trinity College Mon day for "hazing" new students. The college was also closed for fear of mumps becoming epidemic in the school. David Denant, a desperate negTo, was arrested at Moncure Saturday and carried to Pittsboro and placed in jail. Denant attempted to kill Deputy Sheriff Taylor, who knocked him unconscious and arrested him. Mr. J. H. Pipkins, a prominent citizen of Pamlico County, was found dead in a field near his home Satur day morning. It is thought he died from heart-failure. He leaves a wife and seven children. He left an estate valued from $50,000 to $75,000. Mr. Wm. Sutton, of Huckleberry, Lenior County, committed suicide Friday by shooting a pistol bullet In to his brain. Mr. Sutton had been worrying over a case he had institut ed In court against a negro, and it is thought worry over the case un balanced his mind. Hiram Elliott, who was on trial in Greensboro the past week, charged with the murder of Simpson Coble, was found guilty and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Elliot admitted the crime, but plead self- defense. The victim was his brother- in-law. Daniel Coble, father of the deceased, was also arrested for the crime, but was released after the ad mission of Coble. The last spike has been driven In the Norfolk & Southern trestle across Pamlico Sound. The bridge across the "sound is five and three-quarter miles long, and is the longest rail road bridge in the State and one of the longest in the United States. Traffic across this bridge will begin sometime between January 1st and 15 th. Heretofore the trains have been carried across the sound on an immense barge. Gov. Kitchin has repreived Baxter Shemwell until April 1st next year, Shemwell is under a sentence of five months in Jail for threatening to shoot a conductor on the Southern, near Lexington, some months ago. The reprieve was granted on account of defendant's rheumatism. How ever, he will probably have to begin his sentence In April, as the Governor refused to change the sentence to fine. MADRIZ JS CHOSEN He Will Succeed Zelaya As President of Nicaragua. REVOLUTIONISTS OPPOSE HIM United States Does Not Like the Sit nation and Will Not Resume Dip lomatic Relations With Nicaragua Our Warships Are Still at Ma nagua Ready for AcUon -Revolutionist Will Continue the Fight. Managua, Dec 20. Dr. Jose Mad riz was to-day unanimously chosen President of Nicaragua by Congress. Washington, D. C, Dec 20. Sec retary of State Knox let it be known to-day that the attitude of this gov ernment toward Nicaragua would not be changed by the election of Madriz to the Presidency as the successor of Zalaya, resigned. Madriz will have to show that he Is capable of direct ing a responsible government which u prepared to make reparation for the wrongs which it is claimed have been done to American citizens in tbe little Central American Republic. It was announced at the State Department that the attitude of the United States toward Madriz would be Just as it was outlined in tbe note which Secretary Knox directed to Mr. Rodrigues, at that time the Nicara guan charge in this city several weeks ago, severing all diplomatic re lations with Nicaragua. This country still maintains that until a responsible government Is set up and in entire control of the situ ation so that definite negotiations can be held, diplomatic relations cannot be resumed. "Peace in this country can only be assured by the complete exclusion of Zelaya and his followers. We will continue fighting until this is secur ed. In the name of liberty and jus tice on our side, we ask you to recog nize my government." This is the determination of Gen eral Estrada at the head of tho revo lutionary army in Nicaragua, as ex pressed in a telegram dated Blue fields, received from him by the Sec retary of State. In the same tele gram Estrada says that no change in the personal of Zelaya's chief execu tive selected by him or by the Con gress he controls will le accomplish ed by tne majority of the Nicaraguan people allied to the revolutionist cause in the struggle for justice. This telegram contains the first au thoritative statement that the revo lutionary party will not accept as president or Nicaragua any one who has any affiliation with Zelaya. COULDN'T DICTATE TO HER. A Wadesboro Woman Resented Edict Against Hats in Church She Re fused to Take Orders. In some of the churches in the North ladies are requested to re move their hats during the service. The same custom has been advocated by some of the ministers in the South, but without much success. The Wadesboro Ansonian tells how an or der of this kind was received by one sister while the Baptist Convention was in session at Wadesboro last week. Says the Ansonian: "If the Ansonian knows itself, one reason for its existence is to please the ladies. That being true, we were almost moved to tears yesterday when a good sister, who has been attending" Baptist Conventions 'for going on,' as she said, 'seventy-five years,' came with a real grievance against what she termed an 'auto cratic edict.' At the close of the morning session, it seems. Pastor Chambllss stated that ladies would not be admitted to the afternoon ses sion unless they removed their hats. Finding out this reporter, she laid her case before him. 'If you are the newspaper man,' she said, 'I just want you to say that I've never be fore heard of any one being denied the privilege of entering a Baptist church, a place where we talk so much about civil and religious liber ty, on account of any wearing para phernalia. Why, it's something un heard of and totally beyond the com prehension of a lady brought up as I have been. And I can tell you now. sir, that my raising has brought me along well so far and I won't go back on it. Maybe I'm an old fogy, but I shall stand, by my principles and my way of reading the New Testament. Yes, I shall retain my present likes and dislikes and propose to go right in there to-night with my dignified head covered as it should be, others to the contrary, notwithstanding' And she did, too. Later, during the Convention, Mr. Chabllss learned that the lady's feel ings were somewhat moved, and ask ed what was her chief objection to his request. She replied that she did not wish to have any man dictat ing to her in regard to -what she should wear or when she should wear it" Durham and Prohibition. Prohibition likes a whole lot of prohibiting in this town, although it may be that there is not as much consumed as under the old system. Durham Herald. BLOCKA D IN U OX THE INCREASE. Gros Inefficiency of Democratic Of dais. Lineolnton Tin;. Some time ago R. L- Davis, Presi dent t the buu Anu-aaiooa Lu. issued a muffici that Ui liquor Ua&u. la till Stale is oa the lacrease, and that this U true because butt xd county officials la many counties are wu.ktng at this spocve of U- On December 1st the statement was made from the revenue oiace at Kaieiga thai blockading u rapiaiy ca the increase in thai btale. Almost every uay the paper gi accuuau of the activity ol the United Siale lie venue ouors lu brwaiUitg up these pl&ictt of lawlessness ana rauuiu uowu the criminal, ualy lit .& iney bagged a Democratic Deputy tuexiff. and a Democratic Jusuce ol the i e-ace of Bure County lor block ading. And at this good hoar, lneo er&iwnilo guardians (!) ol the law are out uu ftve hundred dollar bouds each awaiting Federal Court. Just supose they Here Republicans! it la a rare occurrence that we hear of a county oiaclal exerting much effort along this line, even though tne Legislature iried to hire tnein to do ineir sworn duty by giv ing every t, tic nil an extra twemy Uoilar bill lor such seuure of au illicit still. Were the United States Reveuue oliicers wuharawu Iroui North Caro lina every hidden nook, in the State, almost, would hiu a blind tiger, ltiia U eviueut from the tact tnal aluiott every une of thet fellows be fore begiuuing operations fcecure United btaiea liceusw he doea'l fear the State oflicers. Why? The people of Ihu State have the despised "Revenue Doodiers" to thank for practically the only efforts being made to stamp out this evil and to enforce the Prohibition lawb of the State. There are exceptions. in some counties the sheriffs are do ing their duties, but they are only few. NEPOTISM GONE TO SEED. Senator Money, Democratic Leader, Appoints His Wholo Family to Of fice. The Washington correspondent of the News and Observer furnishes his paper Saturday the following story. n part: Democrats around the capi tal are putting in much spare timedis- ussing the activity of the new min ority ieadrfcsh' s LJac t.or Money, the new party leaCer, who was chosen as the spokesman of the Democrats of the Senate something like ten days ago, has gathered many members of the Money family around him. As minority clerk he has appointed hia son, Herando Money, Jr., at a salary of $2,200. The position of assistant minority clerk, which pays a salary of $1,S00, is given Mrs. Herando Money Jr., a daughter-in-law. Then there is another position attached to then minority conference committee. Senator Money has given that to his daughter, Miss Lucretia Money. The salary is f 1,4 40. The Democratic steering committee is discussing the advisability of placing at the disposal of the minority leader another posi tion. Senator Money will make the appointment. HEAVY FIRE LOSS AT SALISBURY Three Men Thrown From the Fire Wagon, One Killed and Other Two Seriously Injured. Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 17. One man is dead, another possibly fatally wounded and another badly hurt ana $30,000 of property laid waste as the result of a fire which broke out here tonight from an unknown origin. The fire gutted the two-story build ing of tue Empire Clothing Co., one of the largest buisnesa establish ments in the city. At one time the whole block was threatened, but the fire companies of both this city and Spencer responded promptly and the fire was under control at midnight. While one of the hose wagons was rushing to the fire, Mr. R. H. Pender, a railway clerk, was thrown from the wagon on turning a corner and in stantly killed. Earl Keeter and an unknown party were thrown at the same time. Keeter's Injuries are per haps fatal. The other man was badly but not seriously hurt. Jilted Husband Tries to Kill Father-in-Law in Greene County. Kinston, N. C, Dec. 18. As a se quel to the Holland-Walston elop ment in Greene County, a few days ago, there was a shooting affair at the home of the woman's father, to which place she went after her re turn. Harvey Wal3ton, the husband of the woman, went to her father's house and demanded to see her Her father met him and refused to let his daughter come out, whereupon, it Is said, Walston began shooting at Mr. Tyndall, the father of Mrs. Walston Mrs. Tyndall Joined her husband and for a time quite serious trouble was threatened. Mrs. Walston got into the melee with a gun, and it is said that Walston was used up pretty bad ly. As reported In these dispatches. Mrs. Walston eloped from her hus band and children with another man on account of alleged cruel treat ment by her husband. On the arrest of the eloping pair, the woman re turned to her father. IN THE PH1LLIPINES BUkixu Relates Facta About the Span tah-Phi! Ii pin o War. THE REAL AGUINALDO Cloth Made by nillllr-ii--Th Schools 1 Ulrd With Adalt luriU. Are Fairly lloael T!h Lam! I Uool No Hanger i rvm MUllo CompcUtioa &iraag Fuul -Tho .Military tiuup. (Correpon!cQce of The Cucalan EntrprU.) Manilla. V. I , lxc. 8. 10. In time u peace "captaun of lu duttry" and politicians air dM.ioiJ. Hit takes war real war to iuao soldiers. Durln' the loug war ov re bellion lu the I'hiliipincs, which sorely tried Spain, the "UioiUer couu iry," a character appeared at leader uv tho people here lu tbe ;rui ov Aguinaldo. lie iz so well knowu now that if he bet any uritt name he does n't get hit. Since the war, stute the United Slates got control ov the l'bll li pints by purchase, though o had vsou them az a war prize u' could hev held them az such, Agumaluo h bin livlu quietly iu MauiiU. Uu res pects the authority ov the Uuuel Mates goveruineul now aud our oi- ' ticiala respect hlni because be iz a smart, gritty fellow. He iz young yet. Some day, when the scars ov war air healed, when some ov the bitterns hez bin allayed, hit iz not uuliWsljr that our government vkill recognize the ability ov Aguinaldo. Hit would not do at this stage ov the game . X government can be generous to a fallen foe. But bit cannot afford to give him honors upou the shortest uotico. Aguinaldo la a mero boy in ap pearance and iz quite young. When the rebellion in tbe i'hillipines reach ed serious proportions about tweUo or fourteen years ago and Spain IllU-1 mo Important towns with troops and her navy patrolled the adjaout waters, Aguinaldo "look to the woods." He h'td the grit and could hev organized a strong army. Hut ho lacked money, one ov the great sinews ov war. However, he kept the Spaniards guessin' and az most ov tbe Philliplnos were loyal to him he wuz able to inflict damage, especially when smail bodies ov Spanish troops went on a raid. After the United States whipped Spain and planted the American Hag on the Islands, the Spanish troops were carried back to Spain. Aguin aldo still held the fort. Hit look nearly forty thousand American troops to pacify the l'hillipiuos sod capture Aguinaldo. Wben he wuz finally surrounded In a mountalnoJs section hlz "army" had been reduced by starvation and consequent deser tions, by privation and death, to about twenty men. The war had not oeen a joke, however, for Aguinaldo had been leader ov a considerable force and had handled hlz men so well that he wuz able to give much trouble at one lime. The fact that he wuz still "at war" with the United Slates with but twenty-odd soldiers, simply shows tbe stuff he wuz made ov. If there hez ever bin a finer dis play ov grit 1 hev failed to hear ov hit A cloth called Jusi iz one ov the manufactured products or the I'hll lipines. Pina cloth is made from the leaves ov a plant which looks like the American pineapple. Some silk iz woven Into a fine grade or goods, and a coarse, cheap cloth iz made ov hemp. That about Includes every thing In the way or cloth products In the Philllpines. In the Philllpine schools, which her Improved very much under Amer ican rule, many grown-up students air found, they hevln' determined to get an education regardless ov age. The Philliplnos air fairly honest Among the many small officials that hev bin put In under American rule a small per cent only hev bin found guilty ov stealin' funds entrusted to their care. They, as well az the Americans who her bin found guilty or dishonesty, air now In Bilibld pris on, the gorernment penitentiary for the islands. More than ten thousand natire Philliplnos her bin enrolled on the books or the various religious de nominations doin' missionary work In the Philllpines, which iz a very good showin conslderin' everything. Hit iz estimated that there Is about 56,000.000 acres or productive land on tbe islands. Once the peo ple get settled they will make a fine agricultural showing. There will be no trouble about markets; tbe mil lions or people in Russia, Japan and China will furnish a place to dispose or everything. Hit iz sed that the American sugar trust fears Phillipino competition. This iz an absurdity. Tbe trust only supplies about one-third or the sugar sold in America one million tons while three million tons air consum ed. Az the Philllpines only produce about 200,000 tons or sugar annu ally, the fears or the sugar trust sound silly air silly. If every pound or sugar prodnced In the Philllpines wuz shipped to the United States in (Continued oxx Page 2.) - '
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