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? >().H8. ?? ? ? CAMDKN, S. C.. K1UDAY. SBI'TKMBKH 27,1907. VOLUMR XVI11. S?UTM CAROLINA ITEMS K?tn? Gathered from the Different Sections of South Carolina. LA i IMXE OPPOSED TO IMMI GRATION. Tell* of Hia Impressions During Eu ropean Tour. Greenville, Special.?Senator Lati owr, gave out his first interview since his return from Europe. The senator favors restricting immigration. Bays he will flght for federal aid to drain the swamp lands in the lower part of the State and continue his advocacy of the national good roads plan, lie is a candidate for reelection. Among other things he said: "From what I saw of the class of people wo are drawing our immigrant supply from in Europe I am satisfied ? that we should not be making anyj effort to induce or stimulate any more i foreign people to come to America J than we are now getting. I am not opposed to people coining here provid-[ cd they promise to make good citizens and will help,,build up our institutions j and.benefit our country rather than prove a stumbling block and a hind-1 ranee as i* now the case in some of i the larger Northern cities. We do not. I need the class that-will come simply, because their passage way is paid or because they are promised a job on this side of the waters. 1 am inclined to restrict immigration rather than foster it. I "I am opposed to the State or cor porations furnishing money to pay ( the transportation of any immigrants into the United States but believe .our best policy is to be content with the natural growth of population. Over population in America will result in J .the same conditions talit now exists j in Europe, which is low wages and j poverty on the part of the poor peo ple. We had better let some of our land lie idle and get 13 or 14 cents for cotton than to undertake to work all of our lands and take a lower price ota- products. "I think our mills would bo better off in the long run to lot a few <>f the spindles stand idle and sell their goods at the high price they are now getting in the United States than to run alt their spindles and take a lower price for the products. In other words to f sum up, 1 thbdc we ought to be content with the prosperous condition that we now enjoy than to attempt to change that condition by adding to our popu lation the undesirable immigrants from Europe who are now proving so unsatisfactory in the cities and States where the bulk of them have been uro ing for the last few years. Europe has more people to, the square mile than the United States but Europe is iumc.1i poorer per capita. Over there there is a wealthy class and a poorly strickcu class. Certainly we have no desire to bring about such conditions here. Wages are lower in Europe than in America and work harder to get. I should like to see our waste lands un- ( der <4)tivation but I would not like { to see flic world over-supplied with i cotton and our farmers merchants and manufacturers suffer because of un settled conditions bound to arise un . der such circumstances." Senator Latimer stated further that he did not favor the steamship line about to be established between Charleston and Trieste, because a;? lie paid it would result in bringing: to this country some of the most undesirable "class of immigrants. If, however, he said, a line could he established to Liverpool, or Havre, France, he would be delighted as this would result in an immigration movement that would bfl desirable to this State. Railroad Line to Saluda 0. H. Greenwood, Special.?At last the people of Saluda are to have the con veniences of a railroad. The work of constructing tbe road for the Middle Carolina and Western Railway com pany from Greenwood to Saluda will start at Greenwood at once and the first spade of dirt is to bo turned by Senator B. W. Crouch. The road is ?>9 miles lowr. \ ?? Killed in Alabama. Maycsville, Special.?Mr. R. R. Du Rant son of Mr. W. J. DuRant of the Concord section of this county died at Mobile, Ala., on Monday night. Mr. DuRant was a car inspector for the Southern rnilway and was accidental ly killed while performing his duty of insisting cars. Mr. PuR*rtt wan about 48 years of age and was single He had' malty- friends in this section who Will regret to learn of hisuu. timely death for he was well liked, being of a very pleasant disposition. The remains will.be brought home for burial. - * _ Chatter SchooU Oyta. Chester, Special.?The 30th annual section of Cheater graded school open rfMooday morning with an enwlU meat of 517 nn intt?A (rfnon iUn m IT n? Qpenin^day oMMt ?*a ? l>diarf J1 hiil on* nr Ilia If w In iht intcr?oa*U depart tacnti W In the high school hm fcean Mde ' to the ^mae'ef atWrO^eemsn and I..AL111letilsf ?<???* has an - * - . - ? _____rjg.sr. >' AMMMMMBMBMail1I 111 11 i IM IHffi a Constable Shot at a Oitlzcn. Newberry, Special.?A difficulty oc curred here la?t week between T- (J* Williams constable under the Carey Cothran law, and J. Chesley Dominick a well-to-do respected citir.cn. Constable Williams had just arrived from tho country in 1ik> buggy which he left at the livery stables and was on his way to dinner about 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Dominick was near the city opera house on Nance street and on seeing Constable Williams coming on the opposite side of the street call ed to him to come over that ho want ed to see hiui. Constable Williams came across .the street and met Mr. Dominick, who said: " Mr. W ilia ins, I am sorry that you are mixing my name up in the blind tiger business in this county; what grounds have you for it?" Mr. Williams replied that several circumstances led him to sus pect Mr. Dominick. One in particular was going on the bond of negroes ar rested for selling liquor. Mr. Domi nick then asked Mr. Williams why he searched a basket that his boy had on the street last Saturday and Mr. Wil liams replied that he had not searched the basket. Mr. Dominick insisted that he had when Mr. Williams called Mr. Dominick a liar. Mr. Dominick then struck at Mr. Williams with a large hickory walking stick striking him a blow which was partly warded off by Mr. Williams' left arm. As Mr. Dominick attempted to strike the sec ond time Mr. Williams drew his pis tol and tired directly at Mr. Dominick fortunately for all parties missing him Mr. Williams then held his" pistol on Mr. Dominick and struck him two or three blows in the face with his left hand. ?Mr. Williams' left arm is very much bruised from the blow recicved from Mr..Dominick but the>doctor docs not think that a bone is broken. Both parties have many friends and tho affair i? very much regret'ed. Both men have been arrested and will be before the mavnr in the mtfrliin,y. The above is Mr. Williams' version of the difficult v. This correspondent has nof been able to see Mr. Domin nick since the difficulty occured. Narrow Escape From Death. Hock Hill, Special.?Mr. XV. Edw*n Walker of the Neely's Creek section is suffering form a bail leg sprain which he received in an accident which narHj&vlymissed being a fatal one for him. lie was driving to Lcs? lie Station wit a pair of horses at tached to his wagon and the early morning passenger train having just prised the crossing not more than the fo\\ith of a mile distant lie had no idefc fliat another train was near.. IIo\proceeded on his way and when almost upon the crossing he saw ap proaching an engine and cab. lie wus upon the rails and so he whipped up in the effort to clear I he track beforo ihe engine passed. Just before the romcatcher struck the rear of tho wag on Mr. Walker jumped and was not shuck by the train, but the wagon was thrown upon him, injuring him severely ns above mentioned. The train was n special one, otherwise the injured qian would have been more upon the alert. I Pee Dee Lumber Concern. The secretary of State has issued a charter to the Bee Deo Lumber company with headquarters at Latta. Tho capital is $.'>0,000 and it. .1. Dew is president j T- W. Berry vice presi dent and II. A. Bcthoo, secretary and treasurer. Newt in Paragraphs. Annexation of Korea by Japan it i said to be imminent. 1 Between 40,000 and ">0,000 English boilermakers are to bo locked out Oc tober 5 as the result of tho repudiat ion of their agreement. King Leopold has scandalized the Hague conference * his actions being due it is thought to his anxiety ovei the Congo. Mistrial Ordered in Wash Huntei Case. I r , Laurens, Special.?As indicated tin jury in the Wash Hunter ease could not agree on a verdict and at 7 o' , clock this fact was communicated tc Judge Gary who went to the eouU i room ordered a mistrial entered and ' dismissed the Jury which had beer ?out since noon. It is said that tlu ' division was eight for acquittal ami ' four for a verdict of conviction in j some degree. And thus a case thai everybody it getting tired of goes oveik for January court. ftporUatarf Taxable Valuta, .. SpartnaSurg, Special.?Tit Spar tanburp county auditor's digest of taxable property just jenade to Comp troller- GeOeral Jones shows* a siendid mops at oyer the previous v returns w values ore set down at sonwv tke *17,000,MM, as against $10, M veur. The 409,946 ac res in toe eounty are valued at ^ - v . ? ?M Ike 9M8 building* ittw county has delay again Calhoun County Proposition Still Hangs Fire and Governor Ansel Has Boen Asked to Take a Hand. Columbia, Special.---A not nor inter esting chapter was added to the liiu tory of the light over the Calhoun county proposition. It came in the t'oini of a letter received at the Gov (?nior'ti olNee from Chairman Keller, -of-the' Calhoun county commissioners, who reported that on account of irro concilahlc differences in the (indiums of the two surveyors the commission was unable to agice. The commission asks for a conference in person with the Governor here next Monday. In the absence of the Governor from the city Private Secretary Bcthea answer* od Mr. Keller that so far as he knew the conference could be had at that time. Chairman Keller :-ays in his letter, that Surveyor Stokes, after making a repoit adverse to the new countv, had gone to Alabama, and re fused lo meet the commission, but that Surveyor Ilamby had made a re port favorable. The difference be tween the two surveyors, Chairman Keller says in his letter, is due to lhe difference in interpreting the reeortis in the Secretary of Stale's ollice as to the corporate limits of the town of Cameron. "We claim," says the letter, "Ihis is a legal point and will have to h. settled by you alone." It begins to look likely that the new county proposition will be tied up in the courts for some time. When Mr. Ilamby was surveying in Lexington county on the new county he was held up by a red-necked farm er armed with a shot gun and accom panied by three stalwart snTfs. Mr. Hamby reminded the farmer that he was sent out by the Governor and it. he interfered he would make trouble for himself. "I don't care who sent you," said the farmer, flourishing his gun and swearing a blue streak. "I have got the thing here that will stop you making them marks on my trees." . Mr. Hamby, who had experience with bad men in the Florida ever glades. continued his work in his <|iiiet why and the furniev finally conclude*! that it would be the better part of wisdom to respect the authority which Mr. Ilamby bore, and went away. Look to Your Books. Columbia, Special.?State Superin tendent of I'Mucation Martin issued a circular letter to county superinten dents, in which he says: "IMease give your school patrons to understand that State adopted text books must be sold to them at the prices stamped upon the backs of such books. If such books are soid at higher prices, we have cause of action against the bonds of publishers The pubii4iers are required to stamp contract prices on the back of each book to be sold in this State, and also the fact that it is the South Carolina edition. It will be well for the people to understand that it is best not to buy a book unless it has this stamp It dealeis purchase shelf-worn or re bound books from irresponsible ?job bers, they ore liable to be imposed upon and these books will be dead stoek in transferring a business or in settling with publishers." In the recent transfer of stock from the retiring countv superintendent, Mr. DuPre, to hissuccessor,Mr.Cheat ham, it devolved that Mr. DuPre had some of these unstamped books on sale. It is possible to sell these kind of books above the list prices to pat not acquainted with the official prices, and it is presumed that this^.a beintr done at several points iy t.he State, but so far ilia State supi>rlu? tendent has not had a single complaint of a stamped book being sold abovo' the contract price. Building and Loan at Fort Mill. Fort Mill, Special.?Fort Mill's sec ond building and loan association was launchc-7 :n the Commercial Club rooms v\th a capital stock of $500, 000 subscribed. It is proposed to start an additional series with a capi tal of $25,000. It is distinctly a young men's organization. \V. B. Meachar.i was elected president and J. L. Sprait secretary ami treasurer. Hotel Fire at Greers. Greers, Special. ? Guests /it the Southern Hotel, Greenville county, had an experience similar to that of 20-odd guests who had, narrow escap es from Hickory Inn, Hickory, N. C., last February. The rear of the Greers hostelry was falling in when the pro prietor awoke, and guests in the sec ond storv had to climb ladders in their < night attire. The loss is about $5,000, partly insured. The flic destroyed a Holiness tent near by. All the chairb and other furniture used in the relig ion! meetings were destroyd, Diad on Her Way to Expodtlon. Richmond, Special,?Mrs. Amanda Long, of Lwray county became ill on a Chesapeake and Ohio train while she waa enroute to the Jamestown Ex position. She wns removed from the train to a Richmond hospital where she <Jied before noon. Death waa caused by pneumonia. The body waa ired for bnrial and *cnt back to JrtiZ* Mi iffrawnmK A NEW TRIAL FOR MRS. BLAIH Woman Granted Bail In the Bum of $2,000 New Trial for Byara Also. Columbia, Special.?Saturday was the last day of tho fall torn) of t ? #? court of general sossions tor Kich land county and it was a day uot by any moons devoid <>f interesting tails. Sentences agifrogtiting more than 20 years in the penitentiary were pronounced upon five prisoners. In the two most important eases heard lit (his term now trials were granted by the presiding judge. In the case against D. B. Shanahan and .('orrie E. Pug the jury brought in a vordict of 'not guilty' after a deliberation of more than 24 hours. Two new trials were refused and the applica tion of the solicitor for a bench war rant for Thomas ,J. Gibson that he might receive the sealed sentence which has been awaiting his presence I in court since tlif spring term of court was denied. V. The motion for a new trial io the ease of Ethel \V. Blair was taken up the last tiling. The defendant was brought into court at 4 o'clock and with a few words from the bench the i new trial was granted. There was no j great surprise occasioned by .ludge Johnstone's action in granting Mrs. | Blair a new trial but surprise was expressed when he announced the grounds in the motion of defendant's counsel whielj influenced him in reach* ing this decision. The judge announced that he re served the light to (lie at some future date his reasons in greater detail for granting the new trial. .lust as the judge said the words, "1 shall grant the motion," Mn Blair fainted and had to be carriel from the court room to the judge's room. It was several minutes before she recovered consciousness and the tlrst thing she said when she opened her eyes was, "What was the sen tence'?" Mrs. Blair smiled just the l^ast bit when she was brought into the court room and her face showed that the strain of tho past few dayr had indeed affected her nervous sys tem. She was fiumed constantly by her nephew, Mr. (laude C'. West, and it was evident to all those who ob served her that she was on the verge of a collapse. It was said by a party- who was i:, the room with Mrs. Blair immcdiatel., nf'ter she fainted that the collapse W;as duo to the fact t'iut she thought tfie court had denied the motion for fl/fiew trial and was in fact then passing sen tence upon her. J Bail Granted Mrs. Blair/ inmcdiately after the motion for a ew trial had been disposed of coun sel for the defendant mado applica tion for bail. Mr. Cqrwile reoresented the solicitor and entered no objection to the application and an order was. signed admit!ing her to bail in tho sum of $2,000 either cash or surety. Attorneys for .defense informed the court that it' would be necessary to comunicate with friends of Mrs. Blair in Asheville, N. C., before the bail could be arranged and that possibly it would be necessary to deposit with the clerk of court a cash bond instead of o surety bond. Upon this state ment the court allowed the alterna tive of depositing the cash or giving a surety bond, with not less than three no rmore than five sureties. Prior to the September term of court Mrs. Blair was out on bond in the same amount. Until the bond is arranged Mrs. Blair will continue (o occupy a cell in the county jail, but it is thought that tho matter will be attended to thU week. Iowa Elks Hold Reunion. Des Moines, la., Speeial.?Iown'-i flrst State reunion of Elks met in Do* Moines with a large representation of the Best People pn Earth in attend ance. The local members of tho order gave a hearty reception to the visitors and the convention promises to be a social success. Senator Carlisle Favors Two and Half , Cent Rate. Spartanburg, Special. ? Senator Carlisle addressing a j?rint meeting of the^ United Commercial Travelers and the Travelers' Protective association in thisroity declared that he was in favor oT a 2 1-2 eent passenger rate and would vote for the same at the next session of the legislators. A res olution was passed putting the mat ter up to the various posts aa to their position in tLe matter. About 100 traveling men were present.. News of tli Dajr. Riasie has planned to spend $10, 000,000 in defences in and near Vlad ivostok. England has issued on huge battleship to. surpass naught. . //Delegates at The mended a third peace Twenty-two ticipatioo in t condemned to i i -? | ? V. STATE BOARD ADJOURNS Large Number Approved by the Board. Several Appeal Case* Were Passed On. Columbia, Speoiul.?After a session of two tlayn the State board of edu <*Ation adjourned after having pa^od upon a number of mat tern of consid erable importance. The mutter in which the greatest genera! interest i* taken was fho establishment of high schools under the act appropriatin-1 $50,000 f<?r this purpose.. Of the ap plication* before jt he hoard .V> were I approved as follows; Brunson, Bam berg, Cross Hill, cross Anchor, Ca vins, Batesburg, Dillion, Denmark Fort Mill, Fountain Inn,' Heath Springs, Hampton, .JoncsvillJ .lohuston, .letterson, Little Mountain,' Laurens, Manldin, Monntainville. M,-' C.dl, Mullins, Mt. Zion, Marion, Nine l.v-Six. North Augusta, Olar, Prosper 't.v. liidtfowav, Saluda, St. Ueorge (Jn ion, Townsville, Zoar, Williamson. I luler (he law regulations of the State hoard no school gets more than 50 eent ?>f the amount which it uses in (he high school depart intuit. *inn 'c!"' S,'l!?"1 01,11 mn,'<> Hum ?>H00. J he schools which wen* ap proved will average almnt .$.->00 each. ? o that the total disbursement of the ' tafe hoard of education was lesv i|,;ni n"' l,^isli""n' appropriated Time Extended I here were l.q other places which had incomplete records or which had not properly complied with the law. rhe State hoard of education extended he fime for receiving applications nu ll the 1st nf December, so that doubt less these schools and several other w.l comply |,y that time. The i.roh' ;?bility is (hat a large part of the .$:>().. 000 appropriation will be used Dim vear. High school students from all part, oj the county in which a State-aide.i I high school is located receive free Hon. The board had reports from M'verai places where (|,e high school attendance had been verv greatly in creased as a result of this provision. The members of the hoard think if the high school act can he modified "d simp)fled at the next session ?l me legistture, that the jMMMMJ an propriation will j? :l yonr or tW() fieej.ig, school facilities within Ik s,;:"" ** '?*?<* Four Appeal Oases. there were four appeal cases heard by the board at this meeting. Tin cases were from the count ic* of Barn II, Anderson, Orangeburg, and Hor '}? In two eases the county board* were sustained, and in two they were reversed. J r.1.the cate Of w. T. Wnlket- v? Healing Sprftig school district i, Barnwell county the action of tlu Barnwell county board was uliirmc. and the appeal dismissed. This was ?? cut (,fT P"?t of a consul i ated district and an adjoining dis tnM to establish a new district Hon Bt!W01 UOanl the peti nj ,T!,e .Ia,w ?,vo? county board. original jurisdiction in creating school districts. If the State board had un dertaken to create a new district aftei reversing the Barnwell board it claim ed that this would have been assum ng original jurisdiction when onl\ S2S jurisdiction is given in sucli The case of H. P. Hughes vs. Bish op s Branch school in Anderson coun ty was a case where- the trustees < ? because they did not believe him capable of nianagin IS'b?1Is? Thrr ,n<"ion ??? ? ' \ ' cou,"J' ?">?'<" ?"'! lh<. net Orangeburg county was a cfl?0 whero advanced children were transferred , \?y c,0uId be better accom modated at a Jarper school. Such transfer carries with it tho child's ap. portionmcnt of the 3-mill tax and dil pensary fund. In addition the tins' tees at North wanted to charge tui tion. . The county board of education reversed the action of the trustees i>, making the transfer. The State boar,, of education set aside tho action of the county board and aflirnied the act ion or the trustees. G. Raymond Berry Again in Arrest. Marion, Special.?0. Raymond Ber ry. tho defaulting cx-county super intendent of edneation of Marion courtty was placed in jail here by Po liceman Johnson of Tampa, Flu. Din ing the year of 1903 Berry who was then serving his sieond term n? coun ty superintendent of education was alleged to have been practicing fraud ulent methods in order to obtain mon ey by forging the names of school trustees to teachers' pay certificates and then to have collected the money on them and appropriated it to his own use. - a Boa?tie Tax Law Uphold by Court*. Colombia* Special.?The Bupreme court dismissed the petition for a per manent injunction brought by the Ware Shoals Power company of^Laur ens against tho comptroller general ?*?^4fctr State to impose a domestic /franchise Ul on corporations. The action of tbe court fully sustains the farnehise net of 1904x and 1905 and mibs that tho entire franchise tax law will aland. SMt DISPENSARY'S Lfxb Palmotto Brand of Whiskey a Tiling of the Past. <'oluinhia, Special. Tlio State ot S?>iit 1> Carol inu is finally out of the liquor business. Oil 1110 1st ot last February there was in. tin* warehouse in this city about $700,000 wort It ol !iquors belonging to the Stale. When nt that time tlu1 legislature determin ed to abolish the system a commis sion was created to clone up the busi ness, and the last has just been Sold. So, after 14 years, olio month an 1'? days the "Palmetto brand" is known nti more. The indicated cotton yield is 1,200, 000 bales and this, together with the .-eed for which oil mills are clatnoi ing, will fetch the producer something like .$70,000,000, or aboitj $14,000,000 more than the value of any previous cotton crop produced in (his Stale. The year will also be remarkable for its coin productiou. The partial adop tion of n new method of corn cultiva tion,- developed bv a scientific South Carolina farmer, has resulted in a great increase in yield. It will be bad news to the West that South Caorlina <>as ceased to be a corn customer. The value of the year's crop is estimated at $22,~)0(bjft00. The total value of these twoyrops is about .f 100,000,000, more than $!{(),000,000 being net prof it and only .">,000,000 of South Caro lina's 20,000.000 acres are planted in cotton ami corn. South Carolina's cotton mills will consume, at present pricey, somewhere between 4"> ami .">0 mi 11????' dollaib worth of raw cotton this year?or ex ceeding 700.000, for while producing a very large quantity of cotton in pro portion to area and population, this is (lie largest cotton manufaduriug Slate in the South and is only second lo Massachusetts. The development of water powers is going forward at an unprecedent ed rale, that developed and in pro cess of development aggregating about :if?0,000 horse power. One re suit is a large increase in electrical power in mills. fin chains: in industrial, conditions since 1S*?0 i>" no less remarkable than the political transformation. The temper of the people is not the same. LTliert is no (race of populism or so PJiili.'.n. These elements, then con supieuous, have disappeared. There is not a newspaper in the Slate in clined to socialism, nor is there a community in which municipal or stovm ninenl ill ownership is advocated ,or agitated. South Carolina and Ten fassee are tiie only Slates touched by tlitf Southern Railway system that have not attempted the regulation of railroad rates. While sensational lecturers in dis tant Slates n.ay give the impression lli.it the races here ore on the verge of war, nothing is more erroneous. Nowhere is there less evidence of un rest, nowhere less likelihoyd of troub le or conflict. Influential whites are conliuuouslv demanding a square deal foi (he negro and this evidence of a spirit of justice and friendship in high quarters inspired negro leaders to preach the observance of law b> their people and to urge bettor con* duct. Small Fire in Newberry. I Newberry, Special.- Newberry barl a small blaze nhotiK 5 o'clock Sunday morning which came near being a serious lire. A I?>t of empty barrels boxes and trasb had been piled up against the collar door s>.I the rear end of K. h. 15?ii!e.s' store on Molhd)on 'dork and in some way during the night beeaine ignited, many think from a cigarette or (igar stump care lessly thrown there. When discovor ed by the police tho top of the build ing which is two stones high and had burned through the cellar door and through tho large windows into the store room above. The Are depart* ment arrived promptly and in a few seconds Mopped the fire. The damage to the building was slight and is full\ covered by insurance. Mr. Bniles es timates bis damage by tjre water ?ftd smoke nl $1,000 fully covered by in surance. New Hotel Co?t $12,500,000: New York, Special.-?What is claim ed to bo without exception the fine.it hostelry in the' world, the new Piaz za at Fifty-ninth street and Fifth nvu line was thrown open to the public Monday. Jjdin W. Gates in the lead intr stockholder and furnished n con siderable portion of the $111,500,000 expended in erecting the magnificent edifice. The first guests of the hotel occupied their suits Monday and the entire building,.will bo ready for occu pancy by October 1. Among those who will become permanent Quests of the Placea are Alfred O. Vandeibilt, and other wealthy people. Two Kew Mffla, Raleigh, Special.?Among the new charters are the Dunn Hannfaeti Company of Gaatonia eottrfn mill $200,000 capital; C. B. Armstrong, C. M. I Minn, W. T. Rankin, & I* Swai \ and othera incorporator*; the BroAu SboaU tfanafaetirinft Cortpany, Tay loraville, $100,000; ?oiton Mill, W. U W P. 8. H*r OUNin BNRWIMan m ii sits hut Adirtlnrf Dewey Speaks About Our Foreign Possessions OUR DUTY TO THE INHABITANTS ? ?? J fthould the United States Give Theia Up, He Saya Japan Would Acquire Them to tho Dihadvantage of Tliia Country Washington, Spccial.? Admiral Dewey strongly resents tho proportion that has boon discussed in u moie or leas academic munner-to surrender tho Philippines, which of nil men he wan a leading l'aotor in bringing undor tho American ling. In an interview the admiral h<H out clearly the reasona wllioli impel him to insist upon tho retention of tho islands. Singularly enough, in view of tho fact that tho admiral is a man of war by trade, tho strong point of his argument is not based upon the military or naval im portance of tho archipelago, but al most aL^Tfcyelher upon tho great value present and prospective of tho Philiu pinCs to America in tho extension of . our trade with the Orient, which ho regards as holding out tho best prom ise of commcrical oxpansion. The ad? mi nil says: 4'Abandon the Philippinest I don't believe our countrjr will ever do that, ("ortainly it should not becuuse it baa ' altogether too much at stake. It is only our control over the Philippines ? that makes it possible for us,to insist upon the open door in the East, to-" ward which our diplomacy has been directed for a number of years. We' want our share of the enormous com merce of lbo East and wc can not keep the door open for it, unless we hold tho isjpnds. Why Did Spain Hold Them. "Whv did Spain for 200 years dom inate the commerce of tho Orient f Just because she had tho bay and har bor of Mnnila as a groat (jommereial and naval base. That base can be just as useful to n* oomuiereinlly as it w?* to Spain. For The pint 10 years eveiy > strong European nation has been try ii'K lo get *\ foothold for eommereial and naval purposes in Eustorn wa tei-s?-Germany, England, France and Russia. Through the forces of watr ??', the I nitcd States obtained' rightfully; * and without chicanery the best aad moKt stragetic position pbssiMe glv- * ing us superior naval and commercial advantages over tho * other nations* What sort of common senao would ip / bo for us to give Wp such a position^' "Suppose we should dispose of the Philippines and Japan should aiqirirei them ? See how tho islands atretchf > ulon gt he conRt; Hero are the Jap- 1 aticso islands, hero is Formosa whieh Japan owns, and* then come the Phil. ippines. If Jnp?(in had them* she command every gateway to the Orient I and tho United States would be com* peltely shut out. 44 Every one concedes that the A Orient is the future great field tor tfc? . principal commercial natiorfs of * world. Wo ought to be the leaden but wo niust at least have a share iit tho enterprise and in order to. do tai "r< we must maintain the positions w^ have occupied through force of eir? cumstances in that regiow Commercial Phwe. |JV. ' .? "I am talking now of the purely commercial phase of the question an*. I think it is plain that wo must haVti a commercial base of operation suehl a.s Manilla furnishes. And then in or der to protect our commerce we most! have a naval base, and at Subig bay* eijoh n base is now boing developed* ?' Congress has recognized our needs int the Philippines and hag appropriate! liberally for fortifying'the islands. Modem guns are being mounted A! large dry dock has been located io 0 Subig bay. troops are stationed in tho island of Luzon and in every way eon gross has shown its desire to.proUjpt . the islands from foreign aggression and also to establish a base for possi ble military operations. ?. .?:?? #< It has been frequently said tbsti the United States has assumed respon sibilities in the Philippines which ill can not pass over to other hands.' do not care to discuss this phase of the situation, except to say that I bs* lieve the American people will nevev shrink from such responsibilitietf M' were aasumod for ' them when tbl United States teok over the 'ThiUfti; pines. ' "I ,Jfant to emt^liasize i iif WKI ' that the Umted States as a world pow er will always have eommereial diplomatic interests in the JPar Eat* and can not, maintain itself pix without a base or operations. United States can not withdraw its present enterprise in the Eta moat go forward seeking iU ahai the advantages and sustaining ?kare of th* responsiWHtiea.,?