THE DAILY NEWS ALMANAC ,iV!O7 : STORAGE THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY 31O A SOI f ,.,.i\tnn Jtu.tjlOHJ.VAL Chicago Daily News Almanac 19O1. NOTE. The time given in this Almanac is local mean time, except when otherwise indicated. ECLIPSES. In the year 1901 there will be two eclipses of the Sun, one of the Moon and a Lunar Appulse. I. A Lunar Appulse, May 3-4. Invisible. Visible more or less to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the extreme eastern tip of South America and the Indian Ocean. II. A Total Eclipse of the Sun. May 18? Invisible. Visible to Australia, southern Asia, the eastern part of Africa, and to the Indian Ocean. The path of totality passing through the islands of Mauritius, Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea. III. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon. October 27. Invisible. Visible in part to the western coast of North America, Europe and Africa; and to Asia. Australia and the North Pacific and Indian Oceans. IV. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun. November 11. Invisible Visible to the greater part of Europe, Asia, northern Africa, the extreme northern edge of Australia, and to the Indian Ocean. The path of annulus passing through Arabia, the Island of Ceylon, the Malay penin- sular, to the Island of Luzon. THE FOTTR SEASONS. Begins. SEASON. Lasts. Winter Spring Summer Autumn Winter . . . December 22, 11)00, 0.41A.M. March 21, 1901, 1:23 A.M. June 21, 1901, 9:27 P.M. September 23, 1901, 0:09 P.M. December 22, 1901, 6:36 A.M. L>. H. 51. 89 42 92 8 4 S3 42 90 18 27 Common Year, 865 3 55 EMBER DAYS. February 27, March 1, 2 | September 18, 20, 21 May 29, 31,June 1 1 December 18, 20, 21 MORNING AND EVENING STARS. MERCURY will be Evening Star about February 19, June 15, and October 12, and Morning Star about April 4, August 2 and November 20. VENUS will be' Morning Star till April 30, and then Evening Star the rest of the year. JUPITER will be Morning Star till June 30, and then Eveniug Star the rest of the year. CHURCH DAYS AND CYCLES OF TIME. Epiphany Jan. 6 Septuagesima Sunday Feb. 3 Sexagesima Sunday Feb. 10 Quinquagesima Sunday Feb. 17 Ash Wednesday Feb. 20 Quadragesima Sunday Feb. 24 Purim Mar. 5 Mid-Lent Sunday Mar. 17 Palm Sunday Mar. 31 Good Friday Apr. b K a ster Sunday Apr. 7 Low Sunday Apr. 14 Rogation Sunday May 12 Ascension Day Muy lo Whit Sunday May2f, Trinity Sunday June 2 Corpus Christ! June 6 Hebrew New Year (5tt62) Sept.14 First Sunday in Advent Dec. 1 Christmas Dec. 25 Dominical Letter F Solar Cycle ; . Lunar Cycle (or Golden Number) 2 Roman Indiction 14 Epact (Moon's Atre, Jan. 1) 10 Julian Period 0614 Year of the World (Septuagint) 7409-7410 Dionysian Period 230 fHoon's ^fjascs. .1901 D. EASTERN TIME. CENTRAL TIME. MOUNTAIN TIME. PACIFIC TIME. January. Full Moon Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. 4 12 L'O J7 H. M. 7 13 eve. 3 38 eve. 9 36 morn. 4 52 morn. H. M. 6 13 eve. 2 38 eve. 8 36 morn. 3 52 morn. H.M. 5 13 eve. 1 38 eve. 7 36 morn. 2 52 morn. H. M. 4 13 eve. 38 eve. 6 36 morn. 1 52 morn. Febru'y Full Moon Last Quarter. New Moon. . First Quarter. , : ; is Jo i;l JO Jt3 10 30 morn. 1 12 eve. 9 45 eve. 1 38 eve. 9 30 morn. 012 eve. 8 45 eve. 38 eve. ?30 mom. 12 morn. 7 45 eve. 11 38 morn. 7 30 morn. 10 12 morn. 6 45 eve. 10 38 morn. March. Full Moon:... Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. 3 4 morn. 8 6 morn. 7 53 morn. 11 39 eve. 2 4 morn. 7 6 morn. 6 53 morn. 10 39 eve. 1 4 morn. 6 6 morn. 5 53 morn. 9 39 eve. 4 morn. 5 6 morn. 4 53 morn. 8 39 eve. Q. < Full Moon.... Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. ,! IS J5 8 20 eve. 10 57 eve. 4 37 eve. 11 15 morn. 7 20 eve. 9 57 eve. 3 37 eve. 10 15 morn. 6 20 eve. 8 57 eve. 2 37 eve. 9 15 morn. 5 20 eve. 7 57 eve. 1 37 eve. 8 15 morn. Full Moon.... Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. B 11 17 24 1 19 eve. 9 38 morn. 37 morn.* 39 morn.t *18th. t25th. 19 eve. ?38 morn. 37 eve. 11 39 eve. 11 19 morn. 7 38 morn. 10 37 eve. 10 39 eve. 10 19 morn. 6 38 morn. 9 37 eve. 9 39 eve. 6 a 3 ^5 Full Moon... Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. I % 4 53 morn 5 eve. 8 33 morn. 3 59 eve. 3 53 morn. 4 Oeve. 7 33 morn. 2 59 eve. 2 53 morn. 3 eve. 6 33 morn. 1 59 eve. 1 53 morn. 2 eve. 5 33 morn. 59 eve. tA 3 >-s Full Moon.... Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. Full Moon.... \ 15 23 31 6 17 eve. 10 20 -eve. 5 10 eve. 8 58 morn. 5 34 morn. 5 17 eve. 9 20 eve. 4 10 eve. 7 58 morn. 4 34 morn. 4 17 eve. 8 20 eve. 3 lOeve. 6 58 morn. 3 34 morn. 3 17 eve. 7 20 eve. 2 10 eve. . 5 58 morn 2 34 morn. August. Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. Full Moon. . . . ii _>.' J9 ,0 jo 27 4 1-J JO J7 3 2 morn. 3 27 morn. 52 morn. 21 eve. 2 2 morn. ?27 morn. 52 morn. 2 21 eve. 1 2 morn. 1 27 morn. 52 morn. 1 21 eve. 2 morn. 27 morn. 11 52 eve.* 21 eve. *21st. September Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. Full Moon.... 8 27 morn. 4 18 eve. 8 33 eve. 36 morn.* *28th. 7 27 morn. 3 18 eve. 7 33 eve. 11 36 eve. 6 27 morn. 2 18 eve. 6 33 eve. 10 36 eve. 5 27 morn. 1 18 eve. 5 33 eve. 9 36 eve. October. Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter Full Moon 3 52 eve. 811 morn. 57 eve. 10 6 morn. ?52 eve. 11 morn. 11 57 morn. 9 6 morn. 1 52 eve. 611 morn. 10 57 morn. 8 6 morn. 52 eve. 511 morn. 9 57 morn. 7 6 morn. November. Last Quarter. New Moon... First Quarter. Full Moon... 8 11 19 J5 2 24 morn. 2 34 morn. 3 23 morn. 8 17 eve. 1 24 morn. 1 34 morn. ?23 morn. 17 eve. 24 morn. 34 morn. 1 23 morn. 6 17 eve. 11 24 eve.* 11 34eve.t 23 morn. 5 17 eve. *2d. flOth 1 December Last Quarter. New Moon. .. First Quarter Full Moon... 2 10 4 49 eve. 9 53 eve. 3 35 eve. 7 16 morn. 3 49 eve. 8 53 eve. 2 35 eve. 6 16 morn. 2 49 eve. 7 53 eve. 1 35 eve. 516 morn. 1 49 eve. 6 53 eve. 35 eve. 4 16 morn. 1st MONTH. JANUARY. 81 DATS. s . | OM January is named from Janus, an ancient Roman divinity, and was added to the Roman Calen- Chicago, Iowa, Neb.,T*.Y., Pa., S.Wis., S.Mich., St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., St. Paul, N.E. Wls. and Mich., N.E. NewYork, M h 5 H dar 713 B. c. N. 111.. Ind., O. Ind., Ohio. Minn., Or. Q* O Q^" IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. Sun rises SuniMoon sets.'R.&s. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. H.M. H.M. H. M. H M H.M. H. M. H M H.M. H. M. i lITu. 2 We. Norfolk, Va., 1776. Stone River. Tenn. (2d), 1863. 3 58 7 19 4 48 449 3 51 4 55 7 39 4 28 4 29 ii! 3 3Th. Princeton. N. J., 1777. 7 o< ! 4 40 6 3 7 19 4 50 5 55 4 30 6 13 4 4 Fri. Albefara, Spain, 1812. 7 29 441 rises 7 19 4 51 rises 7 39 4 31 rises 5 5 Sat. Burning of Richmond.Va., 1781. 442 5 51 4 52 5 57 7 39 4 32 545 ?srx. Le Mars. France. 1870. 7 29 443 7 19 7 7 39 4 33 651 S Mo. Springfield, Mo., 1863. 7 29 444 7 58 7 19 4 54 8 2 7 38 4 34 7 56 Q 8 Tu. New Orleans, La., 1815. 7 29 445 Q Q 7 19 4 55 9 2 7 38 4 35 859 Q B We. Valencia. Spain, 1812. 7 28 446 10 7 19 4 56 10 7 38 4 36 10 1 10 10 Th. Middle Creek, Ky., 1862. 447 10 59 7 19 4 57 10 57 7 38 4 37 11 2 11 12 11 12 Fri. Sat. Arkansas Post, Ark., 1863. Lemars. France. 1870. 7 11 til 11 58 morn 7 19 11 54 morn 7 37 737 4 38 4 40 morn 2 13 13 SIX. Ft. Barrancas. Fla., seized, 1863. 7 27 450 55 7 18 5 51 7 36 4 41 1 2 14 14 Mo. Rivola. Italy, 1797. 7 27 451 153 7 1 S 5 1 1 47 7 36 4 42 1 15 15 Tu. Ft. Fisher, N. C., taken, 1865. 7 26 452 2 52 7 IS 5 2 7 35 443 1 16 16 We. Corunna, Spain, 1809. 7 26 453 3 50 7 17 5 3 342 7 35 4 45 4 17 17 Th. Cowpens, S. C., 1781. 7 25 454 4 44 7 17 5 4 436 7 34 446 454 18 18 Fri. Frenchtown, Mich. , 1813. 7 25 4 55 535 7 16 5 5 527 7 34 4 48 545 19 19 Sat. Mill Springs, Ky., 1862. 7 24 4 57 6 23 7 16 5 6 6 16 7 33 4 49 632 20 20 SIX. Somerset, N. J., 1777. 7 24 4 58 sets 7 15 5 8 sets 7 32 4 50 sets 21 Mo. Tu. Fredericksburg, Va., 1863. St. Denis. Fr., bombarded, 1871. 723 4 59 5 fi 715 7 14 5 9 5 10 7 31 7 31 4 52 4 53 25 25 We. Th. Fri. Riv. Raisin, Mich., mas'cre, 1813 Spion Kop, S. A. R., 1900. Mohrungen, Prussia. 1807. 7 21 7 21 5 2 5 3 5 5 9 4 10 17 11 28 7 14 7 13 7 12 5 11 5 12 5 13 9 4 10 15 11 25 7 30 7 29 7 28 4 55 4 56 4 57 1020 11 34 26 Ji Sat. St. Dizier. France, 1814. 7 20 5 6 morn 7 12 5 14 morn 4 59 morn 27 J7 SIX. New Providence, N. J., 1778. 5 7 039 7 11 5 15 034 7 26 5 046 Mo. Paris capitulated, 1871. 7 18 5 8 1 48 7 10 5 17 1 41 7 25 5 2 1 57 30 JO Tu. We. Brienne, France, 1814. Kalafat, Roum., invested, 1858. IB 5 10 5 11 7 10 5 19 2 46 3 47 7 24 723 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 31 SI Th. Naval, off Charleston, 1863. 7 15 5 12 4 49 7 8 5 20 441 722 5 6 459 a MONTH. FEBRUARY. ss DAYS. AY OF I fKAK. c 'AY OF 1 V'KKK. February is named from Roman divinity Februus(P\uto), or Feb- rua (Juno), and was added to Roman Calendar about 713 B. c. Chicago, Iowa, Neb.,lS T .Y.,Pa., S.Wls. S. Mich., N. 111.. Ind., 0. St. Louis, S. 111., Vs., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. St. Paul, N.E. Wls. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. a^ Q OP* IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises SuniMoon sets. R.&S. Sun| Sun rises J sets. Moon R.&S. Sun| Sun rigesjsets. MOOD R&.S. H.M. H.M.I H.M. H.M. H.M. H. M. H.M. H.M. H. M. QO 1 Fri. Cowan's Ford, S. C., 1781. 7 14 5 13; 5 35 7 75 21 5 28 7 20 5 7 5 44 S3 2 Sat. Lincoln, Eng. (Stephen d.), 1141. 7 13 5 15! 6 14 7 6 5 22 6 8 7 19 5 9 6 22 S4 3 SIX. Montevideo. S. A., 1807. 7 12 5 16 i rises 7 55 24 rises 7 18 5 10 rises 35 4 Mo. Teutan, Morocco. 1860. 7 11 5 181 6 45 7 4,5 25 6 48 7 175 111 6 44 36 5,Tu. Hatcher's Run, Va., 1865. 7 10 5 19j 7 47! 7 35 26 7 48 7 16 5 13! 7 47 37 6iWe. Ft. Henry. Tenn., taken, 1862. 7 9 5 20 8 47 7 25 27 8 46 7 14 5 14! 8 49 38 7jTh. Eylau, Prussia, 1807. 7 8 5 21 9 46 7 1 5 28 7 13 5 16 9 49 39 SiFri. Minicio. Italy. 1814. 7 6 5 23 10 43 705 29 10 39 7 125 17110 49 40 9 Sat. Consti't'n&L'Insurgente, 1799. 7 5 5 24 11 41 6 59 5 30 11 36! 7 115 18 11 48 41 10 'SOX. Hornet and Resolute, 1813. 7 4 5 25 morn 6 58 5 32 morn! 7 9 5 20 morn 42 lllMo. Montmiral, France, 1814. 7 3 5 26! 39 6 57 5 33j 32! 7 85 21| 047 43 12 Tu. Herrings, France, 1429. 7 1 5 28 1 36 6 56 5 34! 1 28 7 6 5 23 1 45 44 13 We. Massacre at Glencoe. Scot., 1691. 7 529 1 231 16 555 35 223! 7 5 5 24 2 41 tl 47 14 15 16 Th. Fri. Sat. St. Vincent, off Portugal, 1797. JRustchuk, Bulgaria, 1854. i Ft. Donelson. Tenn.. taken. 1862 658 6 57 !6 56 5 31j 3 23 6 53 5 36 3 15! 5 32; 4 12 6 52 5 38! 4 4 5 33. 4 56 6 51 5 38i 4 49 7 3 5 25 3 33 7 2 5 27 4 21 7 5 28 5 4 48 17 SUX. ' jSt. Albans, Eng.. 1461. 654 5 34 5 36 16 505 39 5 31 6 59 5 30 5 43 49 Mo. Airsch (French and Turks),1799. 6 53 5 36 sets ii6 48 5 41 sets i 6 57 5 31 ! sets 50 Tu. iBrahamMoor, Eng.. 1408. 6 51 5 37> 6 43 6 47 5 42^ 6 44 6 55 5 32 6 43 51 20 We. Constitution and Cyane, 1815. 5 38: 7 59 6 46 5 43! 7 58 6 545 34 8 1 52 53 21 22 Th. Fri. Saragossa, Spain, 1809. Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1813. 6 48 6 47 5 39 9 14 5 40 10 27 6 445 44 9 11 6 43 5 45 10 23 6 52 5 35 9 18 6 51 5 37 10 34 54 23 Sat. Buena Vista, Mex., 1847. 645 5 42 11 39 !6 42 5 46 11 33 6 495 38 1147 55 24 Sl'X. Hornet and Peacock, 1813 644 5 43 morn 16 405 47 morn! 6 47 5 39 morn 56 'f> Mo. Tunnel Hill. Ga., 1864. 6 42 5 44 47 6 39 5 48 39 6 45 5 41 56 57 l> i) Tu. Nashville, Tenn.. taken, 1862. 6 41 5 tr, 1 49 6 38 5 49 1 41 6 44 5 42! 1 59 58 27 We. Majuba Hill. Transvaal, 1881. 39 a 46 2 45 6 36 5 50 2 37 6 42-5 44 2 55 59 28lTh. iThe Nashville sunk. 18t>3. 6 38 5 48 333 if a ^?V ^f' the god of war. It was the: vv'i' s S Mlrh" first month of the Roman year : "jjf ;; in Q. St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. ! St. Paul. N.E. Wls. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. A & A IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. Sun Sun | Moon Sun| Sun \ Moon rises .sets. R.&S. ! rises sets. JR.& s. ~60 1 Fri. Vassay. France, massacre, 1562. 3 36 5 '49 4' 14 H.M.IH.M.IH. M.'iH.M. H.M. H.M. 6 33 5 52 4 8 16 38 5 46 4 22 Bl Sat. Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1841. 6 35 5 50 449 632 5 53 444 637 548 4 56 on SUN. Granson, Switzerland, 1476. 633 551 522 630 5 54 5 19 635 549 527 63 4 Mo. Nui Chang, China, taken. 1895. 6 32 552 rises 556 rises 634 5 51 rises 64 5 Tu. Boston massacre, 1770. 554 6 36 6 28 5 57 636 6 32 5 52 6 37 65 We. Pea Ridge, Ark., 1862. 7 35 6 26 558 5 53 7 38 n Th. Jaffa, Syria, 1799. 34 6 25 559 8 30 6 28 554 8 38 67 Q Fri. Aboukir, Egypt, 1801. 31 623 6 9 27 627 5 56 9 38 68 C) Sat. Monitor and Merrimac, 1862. 623 5 58 1028 1) 22 6 1 1022 625 5 57 1036 69 10 80. Laon, France, 1814. 6 22 6 11 25 t> 20 6 2 11 18 623 5 58 11 34 70 a Mo. Tu. Badajoz, Spain, 1811. Jacksonville, Fla., taken, 1862. III 6 1 6 2 morn 020 619 6 17 6 4 morn 12 III, 559 morn 030 72 13 We. Bloemfontein, O. F.S., 1900. 6 16 6 3 1 12 6 15 6 5 1 4 618 6 2 1 22 73 14 Th. Ivry. France, 1590. 6 15 6 4 2 1 6 14 6 6 1 53 6 16 6 4 2 11 74 75 15 16 Fri. Sat. Guilford C. H., N. C., 1781. Tagliamento, Italy, 1797. 6 13 3 6 246 3 27 6 12 6 7 6 8 239 3 21 6 14 6 12 6 5 6 6 2 55 3 35 76 17 SO. Boston evacuated. 1776. 6 10 6 8 4 4 6 9 4 6 10 4 10 77 IS Mo. Neerwlnden, Belgium, 1793. 6 8 8 q 440 6 8 610 437 6 8 6 9 444 78 19 Tu. Bentonville, N. C., 1865. 6 6 6 10 5 14 6 6 6 11 5 13 6 6 610 5 16 79 20 We. Washington enters Boston,1776. 6 5 6 11 sets 6 5 ri 12 sets 6 4 6 11 sets 21 Th. Henderson, Ky.,1864. 6 3 5 12 8 4 6 3 6 13 8 6 2 6 12 8 10 81 Fri. Anjou, France, 1421. 6 1 6 2 6 14 9 15 6 6 14 928 8*2 23 Sat. Winchester, Va., 1862. 5 59 8 14 10 32 6 6 15 10 25 5 59 6 15 IO 41 l! jr. 80. MO. Attack on Peekskill, N. Y , 1777. Stokach, Baden, 1799. 5 57 5 56 6 15 617 11 39 morn 558 5 57 131 11 31 morn 557 5 5;") 6 17 11 49 6 18 morn 85 28 Tu. Paducah. Ky., 1864. 5 54 6 18 039 555 6 17 031 5 53 6 19 049 27 We. Boone, N. C., taken, 1865. 5 52 6 19 1 31 5 53 6 18 1 23 5 51 6 20 1 40 87 28 Th. Essex and Phoebe, 1814. 5 50 6 20 2 14 552 6 19 2 7 549 li 22 2 22 11 29 Fri. 30 Sat. Vera Cruz, Mex.. taken, 1847. Verona. Italv. 1799. 549 5 47 11 2 51 5 50 6 20 5 49 6 21 2 46 5 47 5 45 6 23 6 24 2 58 3 29 90 3i 80. Wawz, Poland, 1831. 5 46 3 53 5 47 '6 22 3 50 5 43 6 25 3 56 4t&MOXTH. APRIL. 30 DAYS. 85 c 5 Bg April was named from apriere < v^l? a f?V IO pif ' (to open), the season when buds $ wls S Mich St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal. St. Paul, N. E. Wis. and Mich. N.E. New York, Jj tjS open. N. 111., Ind., O. Ind., Ohio. Minn., Or. ft O ft Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon IMPORTANT BATTLES. rises sets. K.& S. rises sets. R.&S. rises sets. R.& S. f.M. H.M. H. M. H.M. H.M. H. M|!H.M. H.M. H. M. 91 1 Mo. Five Forks, Va., 1865. 44 6 25 4 20 5 46 6 23 419 5 41i 6 26 422 92 2 Tu. Selma, Ga., 1865. 5 42 6 26 445 5 44 624 446 5 401 6 28 445 3 We. Richmond, Va. , evacuated, 1865. 540 627 rises 543 625 rises 5 38 6 39 rises 94 4 Th. Jahusi, India, 1858. r, s-. 6 28 723 5 41 6 26 7 19 5 36 6 30 7 29 95 5'FH. Lech, Germany, 1632. 537 821 5 39 6 27 8 16 5 34 6 31 8 28 97 6'Sat. 7J8CS. Badajoz. Spain, taken, 1812. Shiloh, Tenn., 1862. 5 35 5 33 631 9 Ib 1014 5 38 5 36 6 28 6 29 9 11 10 6 i5 32 i 6 32 io 31' 6 34 926 1023 98 8iMo. Mansfield. La., 1864. 5 32 632 11 7 6 30 10 59 15 29 6 35 11 17 99 9|Tu. Lee surrendered, 1865. 5 30 633 1156 5 33 6 31 11 48 5 27 6 36 morn 100 10 We. Ft. Pulaski. Ga., 1862. .-> 29 morn 5 32 6 32 morn 5 25 6 37 6 101 102 103 11 12 13 Th. Fri. Sat. Molwitz, Prussia, 1741. Rodney's naval victory, 1782. Raleigh. N. C., taken, 1865. 5 27 5 25 5 24 6 37 041 18 5 30 5 29 5 27 6 33 6 34 034 5 236 39 1 16 5 22 6 40 1 54 5 20 6 42 050 130 2 6 104 14 SUN. Monk r s Corners, S. C.. 1780 522 6 39 235 5 26 6 36 2 31 5 18 6 43 239 105 15|Mo. Formigui. France. 1450. 5 21 6 40 3 8 5 2416 37 3 6 5 16 6 44 3 11 106 16 Tu. Culloden. Eng., 1746. 5 19 641 340 5 23 638 3 40 15 15,6 45 3 41 1 107 17 We. New Market, Va., taken, 1862. 5 17 414 5 21 416 5 13 6 47 4 13 108 109 18 Th. 19 Fri. Cerro Gordo. Mex.. 1847. Lexington, Mass., 1775. 5 16 5 14 6 44 sets 8 8 5 20 6 39 5 19 6 40 sets 8 2 5 12:648 5 10 649 sets 8 16 110 20jSat. Abensberg. Bavaria, 1809. 513 645 920 5 17 6 41 9 12 5 8 650 9 29 111 112 21 SO 22 Mo. Mondovi. Italv. 1796. Paul Jones at \Vhitehaven.l77S. 5 11 5 10 6 46 1025 11 22 5 16 5 14 6 42 6 43 10 17 11 14 5 6 651 5 5; 6 53 1035 11 31 113 23 Tu. Damawerke. Denmark, 1848. o 8 6 48 morn 5 13 6 44 morn 5 3 6 54 morn 114 24 We. Ranger and Drake, 1778 6 50 10 5 12 6 45 3 5 1 6 55 19 115 116 25 Th. 26 Fri. New Orleans. La., taken. 1862. [Johnston surrendered, 1865. 5 5 5 4 651 <; 52 050 1 24 5 10 5 9 646 6 47 044 1 20 4 59 6 56 4 58> 6 57 058 1 30 117 27 Sat. iDunbar Eng., 1296. 5 3 6 53 1 56 5 8 6 48 1 53 4 56 6 59 2 118 28 80. 'Saugatuck River, 1777. 5 1 654 2 24 5 716 49 222 455 7 226 119 29 Mo. Orleans. France, 1429. 5 06 55 2 50 5 5 (3 50 2 50 453 7 1 2 51 120 30 Tu. Fontenoy. Belgium, 1745. 4 58 6 56 3 16 5 4 6 51 3 18 4 5217 2 3 15 Stli MONTH. MAY. 31 DAYS. s c gj May is from the Latin Mains, the growing month. S.w'i's., 8. Mich! St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mb., Kan., Col., Cal.. St. Paul, N.E. Wis. and Mich., N.E. New York, ^s h > W " ^ N. 111., Ind., O. Ind., Ohio. Minn., Or. er *r IJIPORTAXT BATTLES. Sun] Sun rises sets. Moon K.&S. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon K.&S. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon K.AS . 121 We. Dewey's victory, 1898. 4'57 H M. 6 57 H. M. 343 f' M 3 I 5*2 u. M. 3 47 4 50 H.M. 7 3 H. M. 3 41 2 Th. Leutzen, Germany, 1813. 4 56 f> 5s 413 5 2 6 53 4 17 449 4 9 123 3 Fri. Koniggvats, Bohemia, 1866. 4 54 6 59 rises 5 6 54 rises 4 47 7 6 rises 124 4 Sat. Chancellorsville, Va., 1863. 4 53 7 1 8 9 4 59 6 55 Q 446 7 7 8 18 125 5 six. Fuentes de Onoro, Spain, 1811. 4 51 7 2 9 2 4 58 6 56 g 445 7 8 912 126 c, Mo. Prague. Bohemia, 1757. 4 50 7 3 Q KO 4 57 6 57 9 l 443 7 9 10 3 127 Tu. Baton Rouge, La., taken, 1862. 449 7 4 10 39 4 56 6 57 1031 442 7 11 10 48 Q We. Palo Alto, Mex., 1847. 448 7 5 1121 4 55 6 58 11 14 7 12 11 29 130 li) Th. Fri. Biberach, Germany, 1800. Lodi, Italy, 1796. 447 4 46 7 6 7 7 11 59 morn tu 11 54 morn 438 7 13 714 morn 6 131 11 Sat. Charleston Neck, Mass.. 1779. 4 45 7 8 033 452 7 1 02 437 7 15 039 132 12 SIX. Crown Point. N. Y., taken, 1775. 4 44 7 9 1 7 451 7 2 435 7 17 1 10 133 13 Mo. Langside, Scotland. 1568. 443 7 10 1 39 4 50 1 3 4 34 7 18 1 41 134 14 Tu. Agnadillo, Italv, 1509. 441 7 11 2 11 449 7 4 2 : 4 33 7 19 2 11 j 135 15 We. Milan, Italy, taken, 1796. 4 40 7 12 2 45 448 7 5 2 48 432 720 2 43 136 16 Th. Albuera, Spain, 1811. 439 7 13 3 23 447 7 6 3 27 4 31 721 3 18 137 17 Fri. Big Black, Miss., 1863. 7 14 4 6 446 4 12 430 723 4 138 is Sat. Brechin, Scotland, 1452. 4 37 7 15 sets 445 7 8 se 429 7 24 sets 139 19 sex. Kocroy, France, 1643. 4 37 7 16 4 44 7 8 428 7 25 9 16 140 20 Mo. Acre, Syria, 1799. 436 7 17 10 1 444 7 9 427 7 26 1010 141 21 Tu. Bautzen, Saxony, 1813. 4 35 7 18 1046 443 7 10 10 40 426 7 27 10 54 142 22 We. Hochkirchen. Saxony. 1813. 4 34 7 19 11 24 442 7 11 11 19 25 7 28 11 31 143 Th. Ramilles. Belgium. 1706. 433 7 20 11 57 441 7 12 11 53 7 29 morn 144 2! Fri. Bottom's Bridge, Va.. 1862. 7 20 morn 441 7 13 mo 730 145 25 Sat. Spottsylvania, Va., 1862. 4 32 721 026 440 7 13 7 31 29 146 Ostrolenka, Poland. 1831. 431 439 7 14 Q 7 32 54 148 S Forts Erie & George evac., 1813. Dallas. Ga., 1861. 4 30 430 J 24 1 19 439 438 7 15 7 16 1 j 421 420 7 33 7 34 1 19 1 44 149 29 We. Constantinople taken, 1453. 4 29 7 24, 2 15 438 7 17 2 : 4 19 7 35 2 11 150 30 Th. Corinth. Miss., 1862. 4 29 7 25 2 45 437 7 17 250 419 7 36 2 40 151 31 Fri. Fair Oaks. Va., 1862. 4 28 7 26 3 18 4 37 7 18 3 2' 4 18 7 37 3 12 6tli MONTH. JUNE. 30 DAYS. gd > w 1 ^ June traced to Juno, the queen ! of heaven, who was thought to ; preside over marriages. Chicago, Iowa, Neb., N.Y., Pa., S.Wis., S.Mich. N. 111.. Ind. O. St. Louis, S. 111.. Va . Ky ., Mo., Kan , Col., Cal.. Ind., Ohio. St Paul, N.E. Wis and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. ft ft fi IJIPORTAXT BATTLES. Sun rises ISun sets. Moon R.&S. Sun rises Sun .Moon sets. R.&S. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.& 8. 152 1 Sat. Lawrence's victory. 1813. 7*2*7 H.M. 3 57 f3*6 ra H. M. 4 4 f'*8 H. M. 3 50 2 SIX. i^ake Champlain, 1813. 4 27 7 28 rises 4 36 7 19 rises 4 17 7 38 rises 15 i 3 Mo. Cold Harbor, Va.. 1864. 427 7 28 8 38 4 36 7 20 830 4 17 7 39 847 155 4 Tu. Magenta, Lombardy, 1859. 4 26 7 29 9 21 4 35 7 21 9 14 4 17 7 40 We. Piedmont, Italy, 1864. 4 26 7 30 10 4 35 7 21 9 54 4 16 7 41 10 8 157 ( J Th. Fri. Stony Creek. Canada. 1813. Antrim, Ireland. 1798. 10 36 11 10 7 22 7 23 1032 4 16 4 15 7 41 7 42 1042 11 14 160 8 9 Sat. sux Chattanooga, Tenn., 1862. Big Bethel, Va.. 1862. 11 7 32 7 32 11 41 morn < 34 7 23 724 1139 morn 4 15 415 743 7 44 11 43 morn 161 10 Mo. Guantanamo Bay. Cuba, 1898. 4 25 7 33 11 34 7 24 12 4 15 744 12 162 11 Tu. Crevant. France. 1423. 4 25 7 34 43 434 046 4 14 745 042 163 12 We. Camp McCalla. Cuba, 1898. 4 25 7 34 1 19 4 34 7 25 1 22 4 14 7 45 1 15 164 13 Th. Ballvnahinch. Ireland, 1798. 424 735 1 58 4 34 7 26 2 3 414 7 46 1 53 165 14 Fri. Naseby, Eng.. 1645. 4 24 7 35 2 49 4 14 2 35 166 15 Sat. Carberry Hill, Scotland, 1567. 4 24 736 3 34 4 34 7 27 342 4 14 747 3 27 167 1(5 SUX. Dittengen, Baden. 1743. 424 7 36 sets 4 34 sets 4 14 747 sets 168 17 Mo. Bunker Hill, Mass., 1775. 424 7 36 8 36 4 34 7 27 829 4 14 748 8 45 169 Tu. Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. 4 25 9 18 4 34 7 27 9 13 4 14 7 48 9 26 170 171 20 We Th. Kearsarge sunk Alabama, 1864. Stono Ferry, S. C.. 1779. 425 7 37 9 54 10 26 4 34 4 34 9 50 10 23 4 14 4 14 7 48 10 1030 172 21 Fri Petersburg, Va., taken, 1864. 4 25 7 37 10 55 434 7 28 1054 4 15 7 49 1067 173 22 Sat. Bothwell Bridge. Scotland, 1679. 425 7 37 11 22 4 34 7 29 11 23 4 15 7 49 11 23 174 23 SIX. Plassey. Bengal. 1757. 4 26 7 38 1148 4 35 7 29 11 50 4 15 7 49 11 47 175 24 Mo. Bannockburn, Scotland, 1314. 4 26 morn 4 35 7 29 morn 4 15 749 morn 176 25 Tu. Custer massacre, 1876. 4 2(3 7 38 16 4 35 20 4 15 7 49 ?14 177 _>6 We. Seven Days' Battles, 1862. 7 38 047 436 7 29 051 4 16 749 42 178 27 Th. Kenesaw, Ga., 1864. 4 27 7 38 1 20 4 36 7 29 126 4 16 749 14 179 2s Fri. Monmouth, N. J.. 1778. 4 27 7 38 156 4 37 7 29 2 3 4 16 7 49 1 49 180 29 Sat. Cropredy Bridge. Eng.. 1644. 428 7 38 2 36 4 37 7 29 2 45 417 7 49 2 30 181 30 SIX. lAtherton Moor, Eng., 1W3. 4 28 7 38 3 23 4 37 7 29 3 31 4 17 7 49 3 15 7th MONTH. JULY. 81 DAYS. 1ST L88 1S9 L90 191 192 11 193 12 194 201 205 24 2082 21231 200 19 Fri. Jii Mo. 13 Sat. 14 20 Sat. 21 We, 25 Th. Fri. Sat. ! SUN, Mo. JOTu We July named In honor of Julius Csesar.who was born on the 12th of July. IMPORTANT BATTLES. Gettysburg, Pa., begun. 1863. Marston Moor. Eng., 1644. Spanish fleet (Cuba) , sunk, 1898. Vicksburg, Miss., surr'nd'd, 1863 Wagram, Austria, 1809. Jamestown, Va., 1781. Tirnova, Bulgaria, 1877. Pultowa. Russia, 1709. Pt. Hudson. La., surrend'd,1863 Northampton, Eng.,1460. Rich Mountain, W. Va., 1861. Aughrim. Ireland, 1691. Gravelines, France, 1658. Falling Water, W. Va., 1863. Tannenberg, Prussia, 1410. Stony Point, N. Y., taken, 1779. Santiago, Cuba, surrend'd, 1898. Tirlemont. Belgium, 1705. Halidon Hill. Eng., 1333. Clissau. France, 1702. Bull Run. Va. (1st), 1861. Decatur, Ga.. 1864. Manassas Gap, Va.. 1863. Lundy's Lane, N. Y., 1814. Porto Rico captured, 1898. Edgecote, Eng., 1469. Gainsborough, Eng., 1643. Atlanta. Ga., 1864. Spanish armada destroyed, 1588 Plevna. Bulgaria, 1877. Warburg. Germany. J760. Chicago, Iowa, Neb.,N.Y.,Pa., S. Wis., 8. Mich., N 111., Ind., O. Sun rises sets. 431 738 444 451 728 7 22 4 52 7 21 Moon R.&S. St. Louis, S. 111.. Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. Sun Sun Moon R.&S. rises Sun rises sets 11 4207 4207 421 21 St.Paul.N.E. Wls. and Mich., N.E.NewYork. Minn., Or. 49 49 4s 4s 1 4 24 7 46 Sun|Moon K.&S H.M.IH. M. 49 rises 4247 425 426 4 27 428 4 28 7 43 4 29 430 431 742 741 7 38 7 37 434 435 436 4 37 439 4 40 4 41 7 82 4 42 7 31 4 43 7 30 444728 8 45 9 17 9 48 10 17 US 11 51 norn 31 sets 7 58 830 859 925 951 016 043 11 13 11 47 morn 026 1 10 2 1 2 58 4 rises 8th MONTH. AUGUST. 31 DAYS. 231 232 20 >35 239 27 240 241 242 _ . 31 19 Mo. 15 Th. 18 srx. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. sus. Mo. Tu. . Sat. August was named In honor of Augustus Caesar, he having been made consul in this month. IMPORTANT BATTLES. Minden. Prussia, 1759. Blenheim. Bavaria, 1704. Lonato, Italy, 1796. Wissembourg, France, 1870. Peterwarden. Austria, 1716. Woerth, France, 1870. King's Mountain, N. C., 1780. Mackinaw, Mich., 1814. Cedar Mountain, Va., 1862. St. Quentin, France, 1557. Askalon, Syria, 1088. Strasburj?,Alsace, invested,1870 Manila. P. I., surrendered, 1898. Black Water, Ireland, 1598. Chicago massacre, 1812. Bennington, Vt., 1777. Preston, Eng.. 1648. Gravelotte, France, 1870. Constitution & Guerriere, 1812 Saragossa, Spain, 1710. Lawrence, Kas., sacked, 1863. Bos worth, Eng., 1485. Attack on Ft. Sumter, 1863. Washington, D.C.,captur'd. 1814 Chalons, France, taken, 1870. Crecy, France, 1346. Long Island, N. Y., 1776. Ft. Hatteras, N. C., taken, 1861 Bull Run, Va. (2d), 1862. MacMahon defeated, 1870. St. Sebastian. Spain, 1813. St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. Moon St. Paul, N. E. Wis. and Mich., N.E.NewYork, Minn., Or. Suni SuniMoon rises sets. 'R.&S H.M.IH.M.IH. M. 4 45 446 447 448 450 725 23 2'2 15 13 12 710 7 49 821 8 51 921 9 55 10 32 9 11 16 8 morn 7 1 3 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 10 5 11 l\i 5 15 5 16 6 4 5 17 6 44 6 54 6 53 51 3 12 4 19 sets 7 27 9 14 946 1022 11 4 11 51 morn 045 9tn MONTH. SEPTEMBER. so DATS. >AY OF i fXAB. 1 H September, from Septem (sev- enth), as it was the seventh Roman month. Chicago, Iowa, Neb.,l*.Y., Pa., S.W18..S. Mich. N. 111., Ind., O. St. Louts, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. St. Paul, N.E. WIs. and Mich., N.E. New York, ! Minn., Or. O^ Q^ Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon IMPORTANT BATTLES. rises sets. R.&S. rises sets. R.&S. rises sets. R.&S 244 1 SO. Sedan, France, 1870. H.M. 5 25 H.M 6 36 H. M. 8 |-| II H. M. 8 3 &* H. M. 7 56 245 2 Mo. Actium, Greece, 31 B. C. 5 26 6 34 8 38 8 43 5 22 6 37 8 33 246 3 Tu. Worcester, Eng., 1651. 527 6 32 921 ") '1 | ; 10 19 5 25 634 10 4 248 5 Th. New London. Conn., taken, 1781. 5 29 6 29 11 7 5 32 6 25 11 15 5 26 6 32 11 249 250 Fri. Sat. Arsouf, Syria, 1191. Borodino. Kussia. 1812. 5 30 6 27 5 31 6 26 m o r " 5 33 5 34 6 23 morn 14 5 27 5 28 630 6 28 morn 251 ^ SUN. Molino del Key, Mex., 1847. 5 32 6 24 1 10 5 35 1 16 5 29 6 26 1 4 252 9 Mo. Flodden, Eng., 1513. 533 6 22 2 14 5 35 2 19 5 31 6 25 2 9 1 253 10 Tu. Perry's victory. Lake Erie, 1813. 534 6 20 3 18 5 36 6 17 322 5 32 6 23 3 14 254 11 We McDonough's victory, 1814. 5 35 6 19 421 5 37 6 15 424 5 33 6 21 420 255 12 13 Th. Fri. Chapultepec, Mex., 1847. Philiphaugh. Scot., 1645. 6 17 5 22 sets 5 38 5 39 6 14 6 12 5 23 sets 5 34 6 19 6 17 5 22 sets 257 14 Sat. City of Mexico taken, 1847. 538 6 13 6 50 540 6 11 653 5 37 6 15 648 15 SIX. Harper's Ferry ,Va., taken, 1862. 5 39 6 11 7 21 541 6 9 725 "> S^ 613 7 17 259 16 Mo. Bergin-op-Zoom. Hoi., 1747. 5 40 6 10 542 6 8 758 539 6 11 748 ; >()( ) 17 Tu. Antietam, Md..l862. 5 41 8 28 5 42 6 6 834 5 40 6 9 8 22 1?() 1 is We. Polotzk, Russia, 1812. 6 6 9 7 5 43 6 4 9 14 5 41 6 7 9 '_^)' f 19 Th. Poitiers. France. 1356. o 43 6 4 9 52 5 44 6 3 10 5 43 6 6 9 45 1 * f > ' J JO Fri. Valmy. France, 1792. 5 44 6 3 1042 545 6 1 10 50 5 44 6 4 1035 264 21 Sat. Papinsville. Mo.,1861. 5 45 6 1 11 37 546 6 1144 5 45 6 2 11 30 265 22 80. Zutphen. Holland, 1586. 546 6 morn 5 47 5 58 morn 5 46 6 morn 1261! _:; Mo. Paul Jones' victory, 1779. 547 5 58 036 5 48 5 57 042 5 47 5 58 30 267 24 Tu. We. Monterey, Mex., 1847. Philadelphia taken, 1777. 5 48 549 5 56 1 39 45 5 49 5 50 5 55 5 53 1 43 5 49 5 50 5 56 5 54 243 ''f )' * Th. Zurich, Switz., 1799. 5 51 5 53 56 5 51 551 3 58 5 51 5 52 355 ' """() Fri. Busaco, Portugal, 1810. 5 52 5 51 5 8 5 52 5 50 5 8 5 52 5 50 o 9 271 28 Sat. Strasburg, Ger., taken, 1870. 5 53 549 rises 5 52 5 48 rises 5 53 5 48 rises i 272 29 SUN. Marathon. Greece, 490 B. C. 5 54 5 47 6 35 5 53 5 47 6 39 5 55 547 6 31 273 JO Mo. Beauvis. France, 1870. 5 55 5 45 7 17 5 54 545 7 23 5 56 545 7 11 10tH MONTH OCTOBER. 31 DAYS. Sd O S (M gj ^K ^^ October was formerly the eighth month, and hence the name from Octem (eighth). Chicago, Iowa, Neb., N.Y., Pa., S.Wls., S.Mich. N. 111.. Ind., O. St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. St. Paul, N.E. WIs. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. Q!H Q IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises Sum Moon sets. R.&8. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. H.M. H. M. fM H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H. M. 274 1 Tu. Mantes, France. 1870. 544 8 6 KK 5 43 8 13 5 57 5 43 759 275 2 We. Cambray. France, 1595. 5 57 5 42 9 1 5 56 5 42 9 10 5 58 541 854 1?? 3 4 Th. Fri. Moncontour. France. 1596. jGernaantown. Pa.. 1777. 5 58 5 59 540 5 38 10 1 11 3 5 57 5 40 5 39 10 10 i 5 ? 5 39 37 9 54 1056 i?i 5 6 Sat. SUN. Thoury, France, 1870. Ffc. Montgomery. N. Y., 1777. 5 37 535 morn 7 I 5 o 5 36 morn 12 6 2 6 3 35 5 33 morn 1 280 281 7 8 Mo. Tu. ILepanto, Greece. 1571. 'Cracow, Poland. 1655. 6 4 534 532 1 12 2 15 6 1 6 2 5 34 5 33 1 16 2 18 6 4 6 6 5 31 1 8 213 9 We. i Strasburg, Va., 1864. 6 5 5 30 3 17 5 31 o 28 317 ^HS Th. Tours. France, 732. 6 6 5 29 4 17 6 4 5 30 4 17 6 9 5 20 418 284 i 2*5 11 12 Fri. Sat. Lake Champlain, 1776. Resaca, Ga., 1864. 6 8 6 9 hi 515 sets 1? 5 13 sets 6 10 6 11 5 24 5 22 5 18 sets 286 13 SO. Queenstown, Can.. 1812. 6 10 5 24 5 53 6 7 5 25 5 58 6 12 5 20 5 48 287 14 Mo. Hastings, Eng.. 1066. 6 11 5 22 628 6 8 5 24 6 34 6 14 5 19 15 Tu. lAldja Dagh, Asia Minor, 1877. 6 12 521 7 6 6 9 5 22 7 13 6 15 5 17 6 59 *js9 16 We. Munich, Bavaria, 1744. 6 13 5 19 7 49 6 10 5 21 7 57 6 16 5 15 7 42 !2'.'0 291 17 18 Th. Fri. Burgoyne's surrender, 1777. iLeipsic, Saxony, 1813. 614 6 15 5 18 5 16 836 927 6 11 6 12 520 5 18 44 34 6 17 6 19 5 13 5 12 8 29 920 292 19 Sat. Cornwallis' surrender, 1781. 6 16 5 14 10 14 6 13 5 17 10 30 6 20 5 10 293 20 80. Chickamauga. Ga., 1863. 6 17 513 11 25 6 14 5 15 11 30 6 22 5 9 11 20 294 21 Mo. Trafalgar, 1805. 6 19 5 11 morn 6 15 5 14 morn 6 23 5 7 morn 295 Tu. Ft. Mercer, N. J.,1777. 6 20 5 9 028 6 16 5 13 032 6 24 5 5 24 2'. Hi l) S We. Edge Hi 11. Eng., 1642. 621 5 8 1 33 6 17 5 11 1 36 5 4 1 32 297 24 Th. Goruij Dubnik, Bulgaria, 1877. 6 22 5 7 2 42 6 18 5 10 2 43 t> 27 5 2 2 42 25 Fri. Agincourt, France, 1415. (j 23 5 5 3 54 6 19 5 9 3 53 6 29 5 1 3 56 299 26 Sat. Rouen. France, taken. 1562. 5 4 5 8 6 20 5 7 5 5 6 30 4 59 5 12 soo 27 SO. Metz. Ger.. taken, 1870. t3 26 5 2 rises 6 21 5 6 rises 6 31 4 57 rises 301 28 Mo. La Rochelle, France, 1628. 6 27 5 1 5 54 6 22 5 5 6 1 6 32 4 56 5 48 302 29 Tu. Freiberg. Prussia. 1764. 6 28 5 6 49 6 24 5 4 656 4 54 6 42 30 We. ;Tarlffa, Spain, 1340. 6 29 4 58 7 48 6 25 5 3 7 56 6 35 4 53 7 41 J 304 31 Th. 'Arcot. E. Indies, 1780. 6 31 4 57 8 52 6 26 5 1 8 59 6 36 4 51 8 45 j ntn MONTH. NOVEMBER. so DAYS. *3 AY MO. )AYOF if me. November, from Novem (nine), as It was formerly the ninth month. Chicago, Iowa, Neb., N.Y., Pa., S.wk, S.Mich. N. 111., Ind., O. St. Louis, S. 111., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. St. Paul, N. E. Wis. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. P* ^ Ml" IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. Sun rises SunlMoon sets. R.&S. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M..H.M. H.M. M.H. 305 306 1 2 3 Fri. Sat. SUN. French Creek, N. Y., 1813. Mayfleld, Ky., 1863. Torgau, Ger., 1760. 6 32 6 33 6 34 4 55 fi 9 58 11 4 morn 627 628 I! 29 4* 59* 458 1? i morn ; 4 50 4 48 4 47 9 52 1059 morn 308 4 Mo. Praga, Poland, 1794. 6 36 4 52 7 i; :;n 4 57 11 6 42 445 5 309 5 Tu. Rosebach, Prussia. 1757. 6 37 4 50 1 10 6 31 4 56 1 12 6 43 444 1 9 310 6 We. Brownsville, Tex.. 1863. 6 39 4 49 2 10 6 32 455 6 44 4 43 2 11 311 312 7 Th. Fri. Tippecanoe, Ind., 1811. Prague, Bohemia. 1620. 6 40 6 41 448 4 47 4 7 634 6 35 4 54 4 53 4 4 It? 4 42 4 40 3 11 4 11 313 q Sat. Warsaw. Poland, 1794. 6 42 4 46 5 4 6 36 4 52 5 6 49 4 39 5 10 314 10 SUN. Varna, Turkey, 1444. [1778 6 44 444 6 2 6 37 4 51 5 57 6 50 438 6 9 315 11 12 Mo. Tu. Cherry Valley, N. Y., massacre Montreal taken, 1775. 6 45 6 46 4 43 4 42 sets 5 46 6 38 6 39 4 50 4 49 sets 5 53 Hi 437 4 36 sets 5 39 318 1-3 We. Th. Leipsic, Saxony, 1642. Atlanta. Ga., burned. 1864. 6 47 6 48 4 41 4 40 632 723 6 40 6 41 4 48 4 47 640 7 30 in 4 34 433 6 25 7 16 319 15 Fri. Arcola. Lombardy. 1796. 6 50 4 40 8 18 6 42 4 47 825 6 57 432 8 12 320 16 Sat. Lippstadt, Ger., 1632. 6 51 4 39 9 16 6 44 446 9 22 6 58 431 9 10 17 SUN. Knoxville. Tenn., 1863. 6 52 10 16 6 45 445 1020 7 10 12 H ' * ' ) 18 Mo. Hillagee Towns, Ala., 1813. 6 53 4 37 11 18 6 46 4 45 11 22 7 1 11 16 ' H ' * S 19 Tu. Kalitch, Poland, 1032. 6 54 4 36 morn 6 47 444 morn 7 3 morn 3*-* 4 20 We. Ft. Lee, N. J., taken, 1776. 6 56 4 36 24 6 48 443 026 7 4 023 325 21 Th. Fredericksburg. Va.. 1812. 6 57 4 35 1 32 6 49 4 43 1 32 7 5 4 26 1 33 326 22 Fri. Breslau, Prussia, 1757. 6 58 4 34 2 42 6 50 442 2 40 7 7 4 26 245 23 24 Sat. SUN. Mo. Chattanooga. Tenn.. 1863. Conquest of Naples, 1734. Solway Moss. Eng., 1542. 7 2 432 11 6 22 6 51 6 52 6 54 442 4 41 441 6 IE 7 8 7 10 7 11 4 25 4 25 4 24 6 30 330 >f) Tu. Missionary Ridge, Tenn.. 1863. 7 3 4 32 rises 6 54 4 40 rises 7 12 4 23 rises 331 27 We. Pentland Hills, Scot.. NS66. 7 4 4 31 6 32 6 55 440 6 39 7 13 423 6 25 332 28 Th. Kars, Turkey, taken, 1855. 7 5 4 31 7 40 6 56 439 7 47 422 7 34 333 29 Fri. Savannah. Ga., taken, 1778. 7 6 4 30 848 6 57 4 39 8 53 7 16 4 22 843 334 30 Sat. Franklin. Tenn., 1863. 7 8 4 30 9 55 16 58 439 9 58 7 17 421 9 51 ism MONTH. DECEMBER. si DAYS. % i AY OF 1 nRBK. | December, from Decem (ten), the Roman Calender terming it the tenth month. Chicago, Iowa, Neb.,N.Y.,Pa., S.Wis., S.Mich. N. 111., Ind., O. Kan.',' Col.', Cal., Ind., Ohio. St. Paul, N.E. Wis. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. a* p PI* IMPORTANT BATTLES. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. Sun rises SuniMoon sets. R.& s. Sun rises Sun sets. Moon R.&S. 1 H M H M H.M. H.M. H.M./H. M. H.M. H.M. H. M. 335 i SUN. Krotish, India, 1840. | 7 ' 9* A O() 10 58 6 59 4 39 11 1 7 1814 21 1057 33(5 337 338 ' 339 2 3 i Mo. Tu. We. Th. Austerlitz, Moravia, 1805. Hohenlinden, Bavaria, 1800. Madrid, Spain, taken, 1808. Worcester, Mass., 1786. 7 10 7 11 ?J1 4 29 4 29 morn ? I 2 1 439 morn 2 1 1 1 58 7 19 7 20 ?i 420 tl morn ? i 2 4 340 6 Fri. Cawnpore, India. 1857. 7 14 A OQ 2 59 7 4 438 2 56 7 23 4 19 3 4 341 7 Sat. Prairie Grove, Ark., 1862. 7 15 4 28 3 57 7 5 4 38 3 52 7 24 4 19 4 4 342 8 SUN. Newport, R. I., taken. 1776. 7 16 4 28 4 54 7 6 4 38 448 7 25 4 18 5 2 Mo. Tu. Great Bridge, Va., 1775. Savannah, Ga.. besieged, 1864. 5 48 6 41 i 726 7 27 4 18 4 18 5 57 650 345 11 We. Aber Edw, Wales. 1282. 7 18 4 28 sets 7 8 4. 38 sets 728 4 18 sets 346 12 Th. Dieppe. France. 1870. 7 19 4 28 6 12 7 9 4 39 6 19 729 4 18 6 5 347 13 Fri. Fredericksburg, Va., 1862. 7 20 428 7 9 7 10 4 39 7 15 7 30 4 19 7 3 348 14 Sat. St. Eustach, Can., 1837. 7 21 428 8 9 7 11 4 39 8 14 7 31 4 19 8 4 349 15 SUN. Rethel, France, 1650. 7 21 4 29 9 11 7 11 4 39 9 14 7 32 4 19 9 8 350 1C, Mo. Coburg. Ger., taken, 1761. 1014 7 12 440 4 19 10 13 351 17 Tu. Goldsboro, N. C., 1863. 7 23 11 19 713 440 11 19 7 33 4 19 11 20 18 We. Clifton Moor, Eng., 1745. 7 23 morn 7 14 4 40 morn 7 34 420 morn 353 19 Th. Dreux, France, 1562. 7 24 430 25 7 14 441 023 7 34 4 20 27 354 2(1 Fri. Dranesville, Va., 1861. 7 24 4 30 1 34 7 15 441 1 31 7 35 420 1 38 355 21 Sat. Sherman reaches the sea, 1864. 7 25 4 31 244 7 15 442 240 7 35 4 21 2 50 356 22 SUN. Ismail, Bessarabia, 1890. 431 3 56 7 15 4 42 3 50 7 36 4 21 4 4 357 23 Mo. Walcnerin, Holland, 1809. 7 26 432 5 7 7 16 4 43 5 7 36 422 5 16 24 Tu. Antwerp, Belgium, taken, 1832. 7 26 4 32 6 16 7 16 443 6 8 7 37 4 22 625 359 We. Bagdad, Turkey, taken, 1638. 7 27 4 33 rises 7 17 444 rises 7 37 4 23 rises 360 26 Th. Trenton, N.J.. 1776. 7 27 6 23 4 44 6 29 7 37 4 24 6 17 361 27 Kri. New Orleans attacked, 1814. A OA 7 33 7 18 4 45 7 38 4 24 728 362 Sat. Ft. Armstrong, 1835. 7 28 435 840 7 18 446 844 7 38 425 8 38 363 29 SUN. Savannah. Ga., 1778. 7 28 4 36 9 46 7 18 446 9 48 7 39 4 25 945 364 30 Mo. Black Rock. N. Y.. 1813 7 29 436 1049 7 19 447 1049 7 39 10 50 365 31 Tu. Quebec, Can.. 1775. 7 29 4 37 11 51 7 19 448 11 49 7 39 11 54 Calrnuar For ascertaining auy day of the week for any given time within two hundred years from the introduction of the New Style. 1V52* to 195'i inclusive. YEARS 1753 TO 1952. iil illl 17f,7 1607 1778 1818 1789 1829 1795 1835 1857 1903 1863 1914 1874 1925 1885 1931 1891 1942 73 51 3 6 4 7 i?::; is u 1779 l.sl'.t 171H) 1841 1847 1858 19UH 1869 1915 1875 1926 1 1886 1897 1937 1943 1146 473 51 17'),; 1M1 1774 ISio 171)1 1842 1853 1859 1 1910 | 1870 1921 11W7 I'.U'.t 2257 3 5 146 2 1811 1782 I 1793 I 1833 1839 1799 1850 1901 1S)7 1867 1918 I 1889 1895 2 5 5 1361 4 7 2 5 1766 1817 1777 I 1823 1783 I 1794 I 1834 1845 1800 1851 1902 mi:; 1S73 I'.M'.I 1890 .... 1941 1 1947 662 4725 136 1 1758 1769 1815 1775 17*! 1S37 1843 11)11 1871 l-.Oll 336 625 35 1759 1881 1770 1781 K-.5 44 4 6 LEA P YEARS. 1764 1792 1804 1832 1860 1888 7|3|4|7|2|5I7|3|6|1|4I6 6|1|2|6|7|8|6|1|4|6|2|4 7 517 3|5 4| 71 1 I 4| 6| 2| 41 71 81 5| 1 |3 1768 1796 1808 1836 1864 1892 1904 1932 1772 1812 8| 61 71 3 | 5| 1 | 3| 2| 4| 1776 1816 1844 1872 I 4| 6| 3| 6| 4| 7| 2 6|2|3|6|1|4|6|2|5|7 1780 1820 1876 1916 1944 1756 1784 1852 1788 1828 1856 1884 1924 1952 2| 51 6| 21 4| 71 2| 51 11 3| 3 Monday.... 1 Tuesday... 1 Wednesd'y 1 Tuesday... 2 Wednesd'y 2 Thursday.. 2 Wednesd'y 3 Thursday.. 3 Friday Thursday.. 4 Friday 4 Saturday. Friday 5 Saturday. . . 5 Sunday . . . Saturday.. 6 Sunday.... 6 Monday... Sunday 7 Monday... 7 Tuesday Thursday.. 1 Friday " Friday 1 Saturday. Saturday... 2 Sunday,.. 3 Saturday. . 3 Sunday 3 Monday . . 4 Sunday 4 Monday ... 4 Tuesday. . 5 Monday ... 5 Tuesday. . . 5 Wednesd'y 5 Thursday. 6 Tuesday... 6 Wednesd'y 6 Thursday 7 Wednesd'y 7 Thursday.. 7 1 Friday .... Sunday 1 2 Monday . . 3 Tuesday... ' Wednesd'y 6 Friday Saturday... Sunday.... Monday . Monday... 8 Tuesday... 8 Wednesd'y 8 Thursday.. 8 Friday 8|Saturday. Tuesday... 9 Wednesd'y 9 Thursday.. 9 Friday 9| Saturday. . 9 Sunday... Wednesd'y 10 Thursday.. 10 Friday 10 Saturday ..10 Sunday.... 10 Monday.... 10 Tuesday.... K Thursday-.il Friday 11 Saturday.. .11 Sunday ...11 Monday... .lllTuesday .. .11 Wednesd'yll Friday 12 Saturday... 12 Sunday 12 Monday ...12 Tuesday... 12! Wednesd'yl2 Thursday. .15 Saturday.. .13 Sunday.... Hi Monday.. ..13 Tuesday... 13 Wednesd'yl3|Thursday.. 13 Friday If. Sunday. ...14 Monday ...14 Tuesday. ..14 Wednesd'yU Thursday.. 14|Friday 14 Saturday. ..1, Monday ...15 Tuesday.. .15 Wednesd'ylS Thursday.. 15 Friday 15 'Saturday ...15 Sunday ....U Tuesday... 16 Wednesd'yl6 Thursday. .16 Friday 16 Saturday.. .16 \Sunday ... 16 Monday.... K Wednesd'yl7 Thursday.. 17 Friday 17 Saturday... 17 Stmd/w ....17 Monday ...17 Tuesday... 11 Thursday.. 18 Friday 18 Saturday... 18 Sunday 18 Monday.. . .18 Tuesday. . .18 Wednesd'ylf Friday 19 Saturday... 19 \Sunday.... 19 Monday.. ..19 Tuesday... 19 Wednesd'y 19 Thursday.. U Saturday.. .20 Sunday .. . .20 Monday . . .20'Tuesday... 20 Wednesd'y20 Thursday. .20 Friday 2( Sunday.... 21 Monday ...21 Tuesday... 21jWednesd'y21 Thursday.. 21 Friday 21 Saturday... 2 Monday. ...22 Tuesday. ..22 Wednesd'y22 Thursday.. 221 Friday 22 Saturday. . .22 Sunday Tuesday ...23 Wednesd'y23 Thursday.. 23 Friday 23 Saturday. .23 Sunday ... .23 Monday Wednesd'y24 Thursday.. 24 Friday 24 Saturday ..24 Sunday ....24 Monday ...24 Tuesday. ..24 Thursday..25 Friday 25 Saturday.. .25 Sunday. . . .25 Monday . . .25 Tuesday. . .25 Wednesd'y^ Friday 26 Saturday. .26 Sunday. ...X Monday.. ..26 Tuesday .. 26 Wednesd'y26 Thursday. .2t Saturday.. 27 Sunday ....27 Monday.... 27 Tuesday. .27 Wednesd'y27 Thursday .27 Friday 2" Sunday 28 Monday ...28 Tuesday... 28 Wednesd'y28 Thursday.. 28 Friday... .28 Saturday. ..% Monday ...29 Tuesday... 29 Wednesd'y29 Thursday ..29 Friday 291Saturday...29 Sunday ... .25 Tuesday... 30 Wednesd'y30 Thursday.. 30 Friday 30 Saturday... 30 Sunday ....30 Monday . ..3t Wednesd'y31 Thursday.. 31 Friday 31 Saturday.. .311 Sunday ... .31 Monday . ..31 1 Tuesday... 31 NOTE. To ascertain any day of the week first look in the table for the year required and under the months are figures which refer to the corresponding figures at the head of the columns of days below. For Example: To know on what day of the wjeek July 4 was in the year 1895. in the table of years look for 1895, and in a parallel line, under July, is figure 1, whict directs to column 1. in which it will be seen that July 4 falls on Thursday. *1752 same as 1772 from Jan. 1 to Sept. 2. From Sept. 14 to Dec. 31 same as 1780 (Sept. 3-13 w omitted). This Calendar is from }Vhitaker's London Almanack, with some revisions. 12 ' CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE, WITH RATE OF DUTY. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900. compared with the corresponding period of 1899. [Abbreviation: n. e. s., not elsewhere specified.] IMPORTS FREE AND DUTIABLE. 1899. 1900. Duty. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Animals (No.) Cattle free 624 199.128 1,067 1,975 2,396 343,515 J95.353 2.225.0U9 296,252 254,798 46,132 1,153.949 183,573 81,559 621,210 3,715,315 4,336,525 1,045 179,914 1,286 1,817 425 379.358 1302.615 2.050.1*51 357,352 239,170 48,244 1.316,666 2061538 116,433 814.749 3,723,230 4,537,979 R-52.75 hd. .Various 5c-1.50hd. .... 20% Do dut Horses free Do.. .. dut. Sheep free. . Do dut All other, including fowls free All other, including live poultry dut Total jjjj ....fcclb. 20% ..$1.50 ton 20% ..30cbu. . 15c bu. . 15c bu. ...Iclb. . lOc bu. .25c bu. 40$ 1056 7c 100 Ibs. 3056 Total Antimony ore free. .Ibs Antimony, as regulus or metal dut... Ibs. Articles, the growth, product and manufacture of the U. S., returned free ffll 40,362 179,373 3,541^21 2,040,'rli 234.420 62,504 207,480 704,959 181,718 1,689,892 1,393.509 5,707,112 65.745 275,774 4,493,551 344,673 Hgg JS 830;038 271,893 2,819,044 1,551,729 24,816 Art works, the production of American artists free ^.rt works .. . dut A.sphaltum or bitumen crude dut tons 17',845 106,162 22,580 Bark, hemlock ' . free c'rds Bolting cloths . free Bones, horns and hoofs, unmanufd...free Bones and horns, manufactures of d ut Books and other printed matter, music, maps, engravings, etc., n. e. s free Maps, engravings, etc., n. e. s dut :::::::::: Brass, manufactures of dut Breadstuff's Barley dut bu. 110,475 4,171 11,500 298,764 402 1,871,101 905 53,696 1,618 4.432 17.740 982 1,407,625 4.057 203,615 851,000 2,544,765 189,757 2,379 41,397 234,974 330 316,968 672 91,040 1,885 18,103 13,506 366 240.496 3,321 411,029 1,022,454 1,802,200 Corn . . . dut bu. Oats ... . . . dut bu. Oatmeal dut . Ibs- Rye dut. ..bu. Wheat. dut .bu Wheat flour dut..brls. All other, and preparations of, etc., n. e. s dut Total Bristles (Ibs.) Crude, not sorted, bunched or prepared free 21,421 1,835,156 1,856,577 12,399 1,445,853 1,458,252 27,140 2,499,665 2,526,805 22,330 2,130,537 2,152,867 Sorted, bunched or prepared d ut Total 890,629 451,331 2,776,336 977.487 592,049 3,254,520 Buttons and button forms dut Cement-Roman, Portland, etc dut... Ibs. Chemicals, Drugs and Dyes, n. e. s. Alizarin and alizarin colors or dyes, etc.. free.. Ibs. Argols, or wine lees dut... Ibs. Barks, cinchona, or other, etc free.. Ibs. Coal-tar colors and dyes dut Cochineal free. . Ibs. Dyewoods Logwood free tons 834,421,118 938.844.087 5.227,098 23.300,762 3,281,977 "'97,563 700,485 1,914.450 346,576 3,799,358 23,207 5,984.991 27,340,488 4,107,358 " 157,917 768,464 2,388,9S 563.065 4,890.072 31,211 Iclb. 3clb. 37,375 "3,i83',864 548,274 222.967 219,192 988,433 48,188 "3',350,768 628,464 233,998 221,182 1,083,644 Allother free Extracts and decoctions of dut... Ibs Total Glycerin dut. . .Ibs 15,665,252 1,024,131 27,943,106 2,155,5V Gums Arabic free .Ibs 928.089 1,807.889 2.445.0J1 18.123.228 38,123,47* 9,830,101 116,382 322.100 363.05: 1,844,779 754,49" 1.397.635 1,070,321 5,868.765 961,366 1,479.580 2,997.99-, 23.829.342 S8.S82.940 10,621,45 113,041 485,07 354.72C 2.598,194 911,639 1.408.103 1,014,936 6.885,704 Camphor, crude free Chicle dut Copal, cowrie, and damar free Gambier, or terra japonica free Shellac free . All other free Total Indigo free.. Ibs Licorice root free. .Ibs Mineral waters, all not artificial f ree.gals Mineral waters dut. .gals 3.127.35" 98.432,319 113.107.250 1.698.468 1,698.583 1,566,830 1,159,271 596.337 2.716.944 97.261.19? 13(5.503.1ol 1.971.74? 1.446.39G 1 1.667,256 1.464.01? 661.91? IMPORTS OF MERCHAXDISE. 13 IMPORTS FUEE AND DUTIABLE. 1899. 190J. Duty. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Opium (Ibs.). crude or unmanuf d dut Prepared for smoking, and other, etc. dut Potash ( Ibs ) Chlorate of . dut 513,499 124,214 $1.223,951 824,203 544,928 142.479 $1.123,756 1,065.905 $1 lb. $61b. fcclb. Iclb. ....2-10clb. Iclb. ....25c ton ...3-10clb. ...2Kclb. ttton 25$ ..Various . . .67c ton 5clb. 2c lb 2,807,718 95.856.2K3 l'..lH5.5tt> 39,828,207 158,477.693 174,202 1.509,915 409,818 892:551 2,986.48(5 1,488,458 115.37tt.yui) 10.332,836 54,521,691 181.719.891 93,532 1,804,254 269,739 1,268,451 3,435,976 Muriate of . .free Nitrate of. or saltpeter, crude free All other free Total Quinia, sulphate of, etc free...oz. Soda Caustic dut... Ibs. 3,978.421 949.104 2.323.749] 931,C90 18,405,272 122,314 4.224.6SU 45,444.305 23,891,135 252,297 2.054..SI5 20.905 310,742 317,032 2.965,781 11,429,93)1 184,247 6.624.194 78.571,870 23,632,374 177,857 4,736,807 31,061 648,450 314,425 5.908.600 Nitrate of free. tons Soda ash dut. Ibs All other salts of dut.. .Ibs. Total Sulphur, or brimstone, crude free. tons 123.683 12,975,970 272.174 2,370.449 183.136 1,235.41* KSSi 25,170,201 17,511,303 42.681,504 157,974 10,335-980 255,966 2,718.961 228.177 1.209.384 6.553.726 6,529.766 31,362.494 22,349,108 53.711.602 Vanilla beans free. .Ibs. All other .... ..free Do dut Total chemicals, drugs & dyes. < *^^ Total Chicory root raw unground dut . Ibs. 159,269 335,347 1,124,515 116,757 2,353 11.061 201,439 786,514 274,023 1061.959 1,216,518 381,957 1,203.9$) 138,624 17,762 13,942 240.135 936,071 314.440 1,406,111 704 4,426.430 5,657.283 313.526 52,466,993 2,986.853 12.420,631 37 569 Chicory root, roasted, ground or otherwise pre- pared ...dut ..Ibs. Chocolate, prepared, etc. (not including con- fectionery) dut.. .Ibs. Clays or earths of all kinds dut.. tons Clocks and Watches and Parts of (dut.) Clocks and parts of ... Watches and parts of Coal anthracite free tons 601 1.258.784 35,512.364 926,219 831,827.063 5,250 51,108,118 ' 2,634 3,595.793 5,064,703 295,413 55,275,470 1.172.160 5,604,838 39,058 1,147.802 394,565 156 1,690.338 41,746.782 1.012.369 787,983,611 36.016 84,661,588 Coal bituminous dut.. tons Cocoa or cacao, crude, etc free. .Ibs. Cocoa prepared, etc dut. ..Ibs. Coffee free.. Ibs. Copper and Manufactures of Ore and regulus free. tons Pigs bars, ingots, etc free.. Ibs. Cork wood, or cork bark, unmanfact'd.free 1,444.825 464.658 8clb. ...Various ...Various ...Various . . .Various ...Various ...Various ...Various 55$ 60$ ...Various . . . . 5c doz. 50$ 50$ 50$ Cork, manufactures of dut Cotton and Manufactures of Unmanufactured free. .Ibs. 50,158,158 6,022,424 1,250,932 51,196,236 52,447,168 5.013.146 210,856 107,023 6,649,014 6,756,037 67.398.521 7,889,328 3,061.665 61,982,833 65,044,498 6,760,945 244,447 357,690 8,156.051 8,513,741 Manufactures of (dut.) Cloth (sq. yds,) Not bleached dyed colored etc . Bleached dyed colored etc. . ... Total Clothing, ready-made, etc 1.027.306 4.335,269 14,550,015 849,819 4,535,988 32,054,434 " 5',212,49i 1.235.182 4.715.731 19.208.1(57 2.098,958 5,528,057 41,299.836 Knit Goods Stockings, hose, etc Thread (not on spools), yarn, warps, etc.lbs. All other 2,325,974 Total manufactures Earthen, Stone and China "Ware (dut.) China, porcelain, parian, bisque, etc. Not decorated or ornamented 1,012,829 6,270.105 321025 1,081,201 7,172,977 885,411 8,639,589 All other Total 7,603,959 Eggs dut..doz 225.18( 21,30t 134.930 8,722 Feathers, etc., Natural and Artificial Feathers and downs, crude, not dressed dut Feathers and downs, natural, dress'd, color'd, etc . . dut 1,768,092 828,457 1,927,623 4,524,172 1,736,458 117.270 2,225,197 4078.925 Feathers, flowers, etc., artificial dut Total Fertilizers Guano 4,210 114,954 43,610 489,226 959,183 4,756 110,065 56.966 504,492 1,073,942 _L635.IOO Phosphates, crude Allother.. Total 1.492.019 14 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. IMPORTS FREE AND DUTIABLE. 1899. 1900. Duty. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Value*. Fibers, Vegetable, etc.. and Manufactures of. n. e. s. Unmanufactured (tons) Flax dut 6,474 3,941 4,419 83,161 53.195 71,898 7,466 220,139 10,415 11.306,520 477,108 284,177 2.296,189 6,211,475 9,211,377 513,247 18.516,460 1,783,628 20,300,093 7,067 3,400 5,748 102,602 42,624 76,921 10,938 238,833 10,467 249,200 11,646,274 450,269 476,090 3,956,413 7.172,368 11,782.263 887.408 24.274,542 2,096,543 26,371,085 3clb. ... .$40 ton 6-10c sq.yd. lclb.&15 60$ Istle or Tampico fiber free Jute and jute butts free .... Manila free .. .. Sisal grass free All other free Total \$*? 1 dut Total unmanufactured Manufactures of Bagging, gunny cloth, etc dut... IDS Bags of jute dut. . .Ibs Cables, cordage, threads and twine, n e. s dut.. .Ibs 455.001 2,530.914 1,819,527 254J827 518,015 994,749 75,130 95,968 182,042 74,078 8.137,519 1,657,712 216,210 406,809 12,799,362 25.157,594 318,417 9.327,179 68,918 141,850 443,487 42,722 10,606.185 2,122,776 407,008 569.981 15.508,115 31,556,638 436.414 8,901,384 6,193,005 128,761 Coir yarn free. .Ibs. 7clb. Iclb. 20% ...Various ....Hclb. .Iclb. Iclb Iclb. 30& ....2clb. Helb. ....2clb. Iclb. Iclb. 2clb. . . . .2^c Ib. Jclb, ...Various ....4clb. Iclb. Iclb. ....SOcgal. ...Various clb. Twine, binding free. .Ibs. Fabrics, plain, woven, of single jute yarn dut Handkerchiefs dut Oilcloths.... dut.sq.yds '"416,658 1,911,295 "832,405 2,857,675 All other dut Total manufactures Fish (Ibs.)-Fresh- Lobsters, canned or uncanned free 6.897,328 1,224,090 730,460 113,360 903,283 1,152,981 425,414 87,279 1,077,138 1,105,027 41,415 321,572 5,957,929 6,921,227 1,199,079 14,395.483 5,130,813 31,243,404 18,546,554 736,058 930,219 115,069 1,138,946 1.483.768 543,172 127,555 1.355,013 1,276,900 54,195 340,041 7.364,878 Allother dut Cured or Preserved Anchovies and sardines etc dut Cod, haddock, etc.,dried. sm'k'd.etc.dut Herring Dried or smoked dut Pickled or salted dut... 11,382,462 3.590,339 32.010,9t> 16.209.107 52L904 Mackerel, pickled or sal ted . dut Salmon, pickled or salted dut All other dut Total Fruits, Including Nuts (Ibs.) Bananas.free 5,665,588 798,357 324,087 356,762 4.398,004 1,097,596 63,574 282.400 1.020,644 543.361 1,036,291 15,586.664 36.25i',504 19.904,512 8,812.487 160. 197.991) 68,618,818 442.737 10,308,913 5,877,835 916.876 410,349 513,895 3.666.877 1,087,035 47,647 531.049 1.238.519 66-2.608 1,327,099 16.279.789 Currants dut 30,849,253 12.943.305 7.284,058 325.942,718 83, 497.669 600.360 4,933,201 Dates dut Figs dut Lemons .... dut.. Oranges dut... Plums and prunes dut Raisins dut Prepared and preserved fruits dut All other fruits free Do . . dut. Total fruits Nuts Almonds dut 9,057,421 1,222,587 625,789 879,166 18,314,206 6,317,539 949.080 702,947 1,326,759 19,258,575 All other . dut Total fruits and nuts Furs Furs and fur skins, undressed., .free Furs, and manufactures of dut 5,645,731 5,215,531 268,383 337,937 6.643,717 4,413,151 249,414 Ginger ale or ginger beer (pints) dut. .doz Glass and Glassware (dut.) Bottles, etc., empty or tilled 368.595 371,394 464,088 1.555,924 539,082 286 7.915 226,295 12,413 2,105,975 4,911,978 Cylinder,crown, etc., unpolished Ibs Cylinder and crown glass, polished (sq. feet) Unsilvered . .7 47,202,267 2,651,524 89 219.099 9.J8.273 358 1,275,184 521,957 622 9,528 233,190 419 1,771,534 4.183,828 51,343,339 2,547,688 571 119,242 941.879 45,997 Silvered . Plate glass (sq. ft.) Fluted, rolled or rough. All other Total : Glue. dut.. ..Ibs 5,358,003 479.450 436.171 260,503 5,575,732 537,447 556.723 222,943 | Grease and oils n. e. s free ! IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. 15 1899. 1900. Duty. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. $1,814.964 1,974,013 $2,445.964 48,2,26 2,694.190 ..Various ..Various ....14 ton 15% 12clb. ....30% 30% Total Hats, bonnets and hoods dut 619,370 1,807,356 2,426,726 115,409 734,633 2,092,641 2,827,274 1,019.244 Materials for dut Total Hay dut.tons. 19,872 143,867 Hides and Skins, Other than Fur Skins (Ibs.) Goatskins free 69,728,945 66,966,785 130,396,020 267.090.730 18,488,326 9.877,771 13,621,946 41,988,043 81.999,818 100.070.795 163,865165 ii45.935.778 21,987,774 rn.-wo.8u: 19,408,417 57.926,998 Al 1 other, except hides of cattle, etc.f ree Hides of cattle dut Total Hide cuttings, raw and other glue stock free 708,968 591,755 3,113,107 ' 2,589,695 1,223,521 713.696 1.996,821 Hops dut. .Ibs. 1,319,319 Household and personal effects, etc. . .free India Rubber & Gutta-Percha, & Manufactures of Unmanuf ac'd (free, Ibs.) Gutta-percha 518,939 51,063,066 51,582,005 167.577 31,707,630 31,875,207 432,085 49,377,138 49,809,223 178,616 31,376,867 31,555,483 Total unmanufactured 40c ton $4 ton $4 ton ...6-10c Ib. ...4-10c Ib. ...Various ...Various .. .l^clb. ....l&clb. %clb. ...Various . ..l%c Ib. ...Various ...Various ...Various ...Various ...Various ...Various lOfc 20& 60$ ...^clb. ....2Kclb. ...Various 20 EiiS ...Various ...Various 35% Manufactures of (dut.) Uutta-percha India rubber.'. 115.582 379,309 494,891 254,332 563,743 818,075 Total manufactures Iron and Steel, and Manufactures of Iron 269,013 23,316 4,642 44,745,118 624 19,800 23.797.994 4,243,296 108.484.82ti 401,595 711,088 65,185 907,495 20.353 3,929 1,088,817 178,892 2,613,564 ' 946,194 61,100 28,431 47,743,46; 2,487 1,529,651 32.023.218 23,562,157 147,917.004 1,497,022 2,109.501 562,685 1,0^8,87' 831738 3L749 1,389.028 668,65" 4.798.17C Pig iron . dut tons Scrap iron and steel, etc .... . dut tons Bariron ....dut Ibs. Bars, railway, of iron or steel, etc. . .dut. .tons Hoop, band or scroll dut.. .Ibs, Ingots, brms,8Pbs,birts,of steel, etc..dut... Ibs. Sheet, plate and taggers iron or steel. .dut. .Ibs. Tin plates, terne plates and tag- gers tin dut.. .Ibs. Wire rods dut Ibs 34,610,65(> 5,278,044 530,113 362,855 730.958 348,080 32,806 21,006 1,188.916 42.76C 758575 47,113,298 4,048,745 580,438 639,010 1,117,555 382,690 36,420 43,720 1,534.348 59,70" 838,528 367,58- 3,568,973 182.906 1,671,694 20,476,524 Wire, and articles made from dut.. .Ibs. Manufactures of Anvils dut.. .Ibs. Chains . dut Ibs Cutlery ; dut... Files, file blanks, rasps and floats., dut Firearms dut Needles, hand sewing and darning..free Machinery dut 407.746 1,630,542 138,871 1210827 Shotgun barrels, in single tubes, forged, rough-bored . free... All other dut Total, not including ore 12.100.440 Ivory (free, Ibs.) Animal 821.315 8,864.257 690,980 88,479 353,423 16,073.505 805,486 243,548 Vegetable Jewelry, Manufactures of Gold and Silver, and Precious Stones Diamonds, uncut, includ- ing miners', etc., not set free 3.678,26* 2,141,106 3.293,829 17.650.413 3.891,236 7,890.945 51,967 2,403,048 8,545,458 17,782,654 Diamonds, cut but not set dut Other precious stones, rough or uncut. free Other precious stones, cut but not set. . .dut. . Jewelry, and manufactures of gold and silver. dut. Total Lead, and Manufactures of (dut., Ibs.) Lead in ore, etc 191,931295 414.023 2,763,384 Sli 195,931.735 447,226 3,128,675 13,794 13,781 Pigs, bars, and old Manufactures of Leather, and Manufactures of Leather (dut.) Band or belting and sole leather 52,688 258.846 2.455.332 2,470,841 5.237,707 47,118 132.670 3,134,65~ 3,204,006 6,519.051 Calfskins, tanned, etc .. . Skins for morocco Upper leather and skins, dressed, etc Total leather Manufactures of (dut.) Gloves, of kid or other leather 5.398,125 480,815 5.878.940 :::::::::: 6,107,765 665. Ibl 0.772 946 All other ... Total manufactures 16 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. IMPORTS FREE AND DUTIABLE. 1899. 1900. Duty. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Malt Barley dut...bu. 4,984 $4.447 4.399 84.127 ....45ctu. ...40cpal.' ...20cgal. ...Various ..Various 6csq.yd. 45* ..Various 45% ....Segal. ....Segal. .. 40cgal. . -Various . .Various ..25 to 3556 60clb.&45& 60% ..35clb. Various ...6c Ib. . ...6clb. . . . .2c Ib. 2c Ib. Mclb. S-12cl001bs. 25cbu. ...Various ...Various {...Various 60* Malt Liquors (dut., gals.) In bottles or jugs. . . . In other coverings 918562 1,928,672 2.847.234 917,1*5 570,692 1,487,878 1,061,684 2,228,502 3,310,186 1,079.586 647,533 1.727.119 Total | Manganese ore and oxide of free. tons 115.094 876,478 333,916 2.693.003 Marble and Stone, and Manufactures of (dut.) 680.533 203,319 883.852 :::::::::: 812,606 215,954 1,028,560 Stone, and manufactures of, including slate. . . Total Matting and inats for floors, etc dut.sq.yds Metals, Metal Compositions, and Manufactures of (dut. ) Bronze manufactures All other 37.925.149 2.651.690 38.429.984 2,774,893 558.472 3,559,841 4,118.313 778,634 4,790,876 5.569,510 Total ". Musical instruments, and parts of dut 1.058.424 1.090.526 Oils (gals.) Animal or rendered Whale and fish dut 531.932 9.056 L789.514 * 2,775 198,110 1.5t!9 140,143 697 1,907,92.1 611,234 1.090,250 l.:^1.2ti; 309,994 5.641.183 851,372 18,050 2.354.720 19,509 '"967,i02 273,367 3,255 217,405 3,042 2.5S.747 3,851,056 368,765 1,083,100 997,7 332,653 2,782,301 4&66S 351,38? 1.2f.35 1.376.243 889,994 3,401,255 Do ... dut Total Spirits, Distilled (proof gals.)-Of domestic man- ufacture, returned (subject to internal revenue tax) free... . 998,173 219,968 1,227,334 2.445,975 834.948 626.875 1,683,256 3.145.079 687,024 242,790 11 f &f\ 284 636,574 693,518 2,252,298 3,576,391 All other dut Total 2,460,098 Sponges . . . dnt. .. 430,231 259,185 536.303 336.10C Straw a nd grass, manufactures of dut Sugar, Molasses and Confectionery- wm 5,806,256 542 789,034 114,435 7,010,573 35H 890.135 Do dut.. gals. Sugar (Ibs.) Not above No.16 Dutch standard- Beet dut 723,336.352 462.21W.8SO >T31868574 62,745,763 BUUtBK KUHOBI T980250569 15,269,397 17.267.68: 60,714,089 1,692,951 17.287.683 77,676,437 94.964,124 701^39,452 o04.713.105 2800374691 11,457,058 504,713.105 3513371201 4018084306 14,800,609 20.392.150 64,667,217 390,821 20,392,150 Cane free . Cane and other dut Above No. 16 Dutch standard- Beet, cane and other dut Total }$ re ^ *}dut. Total sugar 79,858,647 100.250,797 Confectionery dut Sulphur ore, etc free.. tons Tea ... . dut. Ibs 31,79- 28.0ft 296,216 74^BMV 67.342.107 970.804 19.675,08 11.843,35 384.902 84.843.491 70,148.799 iS;?i! 19.098,005 Tin in bars, blocks, pigs, etc free.. Ibs Tobacco, and Manufactures of Leaf (dut.. Ibs. 4.147.048 9,888,781 U.035.829 4.349.034 5,551,21 9.900,253 5,561.068 14,058,159 19,619,227 5,122,359 8,174,475 13,296.834 Other Total leaf : Manufactures of (dut. ibs.) Cigars, cigarettes etc 418.634 2,082,450 61,54 2.143,999 460,688 2,299,608 64,214 2,363,822 All other Total manufactures Vegetables (dut., bu.) Beans and dried peas... 184,49!) 771,961 530,420 2,265,54 165,83C 499,520 294.39 352,02" 312,67" 554,302 2.178,73* 965,784 546.705 155,41' 1,043.363 857,827 147,06X 296.23 370,680 700,848 2,021,01 Pickles and sauces AllOther In their natural state ::::::::: 25$ ....2^clb. ..12-88 doz. ..40-50cgal. ...Various Total Wines (dut.) Champagne and oth'r sparkl'g.doz Still Wines In casks gals 262,371 2.253.22t 274,871 3.668.79 1.573.57 1.347,84. 6.590.20t 310,112 2.533,24 304,48 4,114.691 1.765.93 1,548,400 7,429,027 In other coverings . ..doz Total Wood, and Manufactures of Unmanufactured (M ft.) Cabinet woods Mahogany. free All other free 24,714 1.244.92 846.35* 1,766.29^ 18.06J 4.2(X).1 827,88( 987,135 1.972,23 20, IK 11.883.17; 28,238 "'ipMB J 565,33*- J 6SO,02t 541, 03C '.'.'. '.'.'.'. d .. .. 1,572.265 858.43, 879.95 46,558 7.473.87 1.01 1,2M 1,352.57 ,.,. 15,844.76t ..Iccu. ft. KM, 30cM ...Various ...Various .... 35% Logs and round timber free Timber, hewn, etc.. cu. ft dut 198.1$ 133.79 423,925 471.59* Lumber (M ft.) boards, planks, etc.. dut Shingles dut M Other lumber dut All other unmanufactured free Do dut. . Total 1 Manufactures of (dut.) Cabinetware or house furniture 315.611 399,01 18 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. IMPORTS FREE AND DUTIABLE. 1899. 1900. Duti. Quant's. Values. QuanVs. Values. Wood pulp. tons 33,319 $671.506 1,632,065 82,442 $2,405,630 1,948,863 4,753.506 Iclb. Me Ib. ...Various ...Various . .Various ..Various ..Various ..Various ..Various Wclb.&GO ....25clb. ..Various ..Various ..Various ...l^clb. All other Total 2,619,182 Wools, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, and man ufactures of Unmanufactured (Ibs.) Class 1, clothing In the grease dut Scoured . . . dut 12,973,444 31555 2,154,232 1,187 61,578,547 25>44 76.736.309 1,948.402 552 586,865 196 5,784,444 2,438 8,322,897 37,342,656 61.567 12,630,i HI I55.9ia455 7,997,010 12,975 2,638,591 9,617,1 20.265,936 Class 2, combing In the grease due Scoured dut... Class 3, carpet In the grease dut Total Manufactures of-Carpets and carpeting dutsqyd 631,547 1,759,563 832,668 3,909,466 5,905,548 625,793 70,224 55,331 109,671 564,354 13,832,621 905,506 5,154,674 25,343,998 "435,854 "185,262 2,749,330 994,244 5,129,831 5,872,085 495,961 86,887 79.935 129,688 628,590 16,166,551 Clothing, etc., except shawls and knit fabrics dut. . Cloths d ut. . .1 bs. 4,092,898 27,098,584 Dress goods, women's and children's Knit fabrics . . . dut Shoddy, mungo, flocks, etc dut.. .Ibs. Shawls dut 314,540 Yarns dut.. .Ibs 173,870 All other dut *1 Total manufactures Zinc or Spelter, and Manufactures of (dut.) In blocks or pigs and old. .. Ibs 2,124,928 99.004 16,637 115,641 2.998,116 152.273 19,639 171.912 Manufactures of Total All other articles free 5,884.014 5.403,166 7,456.690 6.558,967 Do dut Total value of merchandise free Total value of merchandi se dut Total value of imports of merchandise. . ........* 00579,810 96868.679 97.148.4891 87.130,226 2,584.444 (49.714.670 EXPORTS OP DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE. [Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1900.] EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's Values. Quant's . Values. Agricultural Implements Mowers and reapers, and parts of $9,053,83( 1,545,41( 1,832,95' 12,432,19' ) $11,241.683 2.178,098 2 675 105 Plows and cultivators, and parts of . . All other, and parts of . Total 16,094,886 441,84 30.516,83, 227.24 5,444,34 516.90! 853,55. 322,03- 37.880,91 "'396.97 L 50,97 J (M^tf * 43,34 ) 125,55 244.091 ' 30.623.768 j 392.758 * 7,612,056 J 3,919.478 I 732,870 284,461 43,565,391 Animals Cattle (No ) 389.49( 33.03 45,77! 6,75, 143,28f Hons (No.) .. Horses(No.) Mules (No.) Sheep (No. ) All other, including fowls Total animals Art Works Paintings and statuary 303,49, 369,69: 41,91( 42fl,21< 431.96! 195,755 2,656,13< 1.351,0 << 262.543 376.742 * 91,913 417.825 462,224 198.337 2.914.915 1.866.727 "'9&R Beeswax . . Ibs 152,4ft Blacking Stove polish Allother Bones, hoofs, horns and horn tips, strips and waste Books, maps, engravings, etchings and other printed ... Brass, and manufactures of Breadstuffs Barley bu 2,267,40;- 127,95:- 16,447,431 1.533.981 174.0S9.091 791.48H 30.309, 77f 58.042,505 L375.27J 2,002.585 809,'.!)> 846.03 68.977.4 1 1.775,86S 9,787.541 1.295.98 23,tiK1.66t 166.60 18,321 .55 425,821 209.848 27: 943,78 41.3W.2U 66.289.95( > 11.216.6J14 2,638,638 1 937.711 254,847 85.206.38) 2.148.410 1?,504,540 1,547.909 Bran, middlings and mill feed . .. . ...tons Bread and biscuit Ibs Buckwheat bu. Corn bu Cornmeal.. brls Oats . bu Oatmeal Ibs. EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. 19 EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Rye bu. 10,140,860 4,82(5 139,482,81 18,485,690 $5,936,078 15,015 104.2tj-9.lrt) r:-;.(r.i:;.s:ii 2,133,110 1.681,725 2,355,792 4,370 101,950.352 18,697,825 $1,442,055 14,757 73.237.040 67.755.963 2,359.654 1,469,428 262.731026 Wheat bu Wheat flour. . brls Preparations of, for table food Allother Total breadstuffs 273.999,699 Bricks-Building M. Fire 7,21*; 53,743 175,323 229,066 12,650 130,138 400,072 516,200 Total w 182.520 232,273 191687 Brooms and brushes Candles Ibs. 3,420,443 275,47C 1.981,816 Carriages, Cars, Other Vehicles, and Parts of Cars, pas- senger and freight, and parts of For steam railways. For other railways 1,554,012 504,484 2,047,788 4,106,284 2,554,907 SW4.354 2,809,784 6.349045 All other carriages, and parts of, except cycles Total Cycles, and parts of 5,753,880 9,860,164 3,551,025 9,900 070 Total carriages, cars, etc Celluloid, and manufactures of 173,771 131,361] 174,264 163 162 Cement brls. 64,122 76,025 Chemicals Drugs, Dyes and Medicines (Ibs ) Acids 207,247 29,676 1.173.18(> 478,582 782,545 700.900 2,661,008 168,828 4 792 317 146,722 2 .ii-fi 498,056 833,710 776.413 2.997.486 237.224 5,536,716 13.196.638 Ashes pot and" pea'rl 745.433 27,474,801 1.273,905 44.863,790 '" 160,961 47,790,765 Copper sulphate of 196.196 48.987,511 Lime acetate of Total 10,995,289 Cider gals. 490,80i 64,500 483,307 64283 Clocks and Watches Clocks, and parts of 1,043,621 819,810 1.863.431 1,188,841 ' 786,061 1.974,902 Total Coal and Coke Coal (tons) Anthracite 1,571.581 3,480,352 5,051,933 6,475,59ft 7,185,432 13,661,028 1,775.168 5,413,453 7,188,621 7.555.357 11.947,055 19.502,412 Total coal Coke tons 215.513 632,788 192.863 363,202 1,233.921! 228.241 Coffee and cocoa, ground or prepared, and chocolate Cooper, and Manufactures of Ore (tons) 5.910 254.987.164 440.575. 34.476.34o 1,507,186 7,285 333340.725 rooelsB 55.772.166 2.0:9.541 57.851.707 Total copper and manuf's of. not including ore 35,983,529 5>> ggjj Cotton and Manufactures of Unmanufactured (Ibs.) 14.142,052 3759268241 3773410293 2,361.697 207.203,077 209564.774 18,199.967 3082383221 3100583188 2.985,378 238.847.359 241.&32.V37 Total Waste Ibs. 14.308.829 524,802 25.642,400 1.156.241 Manufactures of Cloths (yds.), colored 108.940.972 303,063,084 412.004.055 5,221,2 T8 13,748,619 18,969.897 87.8S0.515 264.314,474 352.194.989 4.839.491 13,229.443 18.068.934 Total Other Manufactures of- Wearing apparel "7,088,492 1,275,839 314.375 3,006,803 4,597,017 23.566.914 'l2,93a386 1.582.475 610,120 3,718,472 5,911,067 23.980.001 Total manufactures of Earthen, Stone and China Ware-Earthen and stone ware 312.887 518,610 57,213 575,823 38,943 351.830 Total 3,693,611 641,385 212,374 5,910,162 982,421 279973 Feathers Fertilizers phosphates crude tons 780,513 41,587 822.100 5,989,891 974,474 6.9r4.365 776,220 38,996 815.216 6.376.367 841,857 7218224 All other . Total 20 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Fibers.Vegetable, and Textile Grasses Manufactures of Bags. %8 HBfil 3,093,102 ' 8,430,995 %8 2,645,771 4.438J285 Cordage... .. Ibs 3,659,948 Twine All other Total Fish Fresh other than salmon Ibs 1,444,079 9,247,076 3,101.560 842.342 1,017 14,428 30,167,277 53,072 370,150 66,032 40,308 12,771 61,650 2,906,475 331,601 124,520 215,387 727.349 249,457 11,039 5,169.811 1,557,005 9,729,573 3,765,897 963J74 1,142 20,693 27,082,370 59,734 404,212 82,407 56.684 14,352 99,627 2,693,648 1$ 100.387 805,991 415,267 24,044 5.422.712 Dried, smoked or cured Cod, haddock, hake and pollock .. Ibs Herring . . . Ibs Other.... ...Ibs. Pickled Mackerel... ...brls. Other brls. Salmon Canned Ibs. Other fresh or cured Canned fish, other than salmon and shellfish Caviare .'.'.'.'..'.'... Shellfish Oysters . All other fish, and fish products Total Fruits and Nuts Apples, dried Ibs. 19,305,739 380,222 1,245,733 1,210,459 282,313 380,847 242.620 1.997,649 2,330,715 66,899 140,250 7.897,485 34.964,010 525,636 25,922,161 2,415,351 2,247,851 1,444,655 269,850 1,646,316 139.678 2,545,451 3,122.831 ,S 11,634,480 Apples, green or ripe brls . Oranges. Prunes Ibs 5,615,565 4,659,807 Raisins ... . Ibs. All other green, ripe or dried . . Fruits, Preserved Canned Other Nuts. Total Furniture of metal 182,128 289,795 4,502,101 Furs and Fur Skins 3.092.&46 Glass and Glassware Window glass 3269C 34,748 1,898,453 1,933,201 All other 1 470 961 Total 1,503.651 Glucose or grape sugar Ibs 229.003.571 2,368,087 3,624,890 222,072 2.576.507 221.901,459 2,349,014 3,600,139 225.844 2,944.322 Glue . Ibs Grease, grease scraps, and all soap stock Gunpowder and Other Explosives Gunpowder Ibs. Cartridges and other 1,504,624 181,642 1,350,247 1,531,889 1,600.522 197.005 1,691,736 1,888,741 Total Hair, and manufactures of 503,712 858,992 929,117 55,900 3,626.144 43,461 ""72,708 7.486,256 676,198 992.592 804.674 30.086 1,707.660 29.501 Hay tons 64,916 10,140,840 Hides and skins, other than furs Ibs Honey Hops Ibs 21.145,512 22.898 12,639,474 13,720 Ice tons India Rubber and Gutta Percha, manufactures of Belt- ing, hose and packing 539,013 420,939 1,404,205 2,364,157 Boots and shoes . . . . pairs 486,586 260,886 1,504,499 1,765,385 762,016 All other Total India rubber, scrap and old 376,962 491,59J Ink Printers* 104,693 105,980 210.673 145,321 114,455 259,776 Other . . Total Instruments and apparatus for scientific purposes, in eluding telegraph, telephone, and other electric. . . 4,399,180 6,431,301 79.042 2,180 3,122,573 749,495 378.120 1,444.522 138.304 9,218,144 440,955 70,836 513,866 549,975 1,249,576 119,062 2.835.588 Iron and Steel, and Manufactures of Iron ore tons Pig Iron Ferro-manganese tons B 299.146 91,985 23,564.511 73,861,862 11,776 266,109 43,124 6.753.270 56,492,797 15,107.028 112.690,113 205.910 49,069 66,400 20,667 3.2no..28 1,041,229 365,144 944,874 141,706 5,298,125 869.544 107.703 580,540 324,747 1,634.866 10,045 1,759,988 40,510 If 160,674 48,110 18.457,435 73,075,172 6.149 341,646 14,084 2,947.489 25,980,741 18,181,278 79,524,772 319,539 56.265 All other. . . . tons Scrap and old, fit only for remanuf acture tons Bar iron .. .. Ibs Bars or rods of steel, other than wire Ibs Bars or rails for railways Iron tons Steel tons Billets, ingots and blooms tons Hoop, band and scroll Ibs Rods, wire, of steel Ibs. Sheets and plates Iron Ibs. Steel Ibs Tin plates, terne plates and taggers tin Ibs Structural iron and steel tons EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. '21 EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Values. Wire Ibs 215,194,476 23,933 $3,891,180 132,124 1,055,525 a 437 164,603 681,440 4,898,752 223,764 2,719,856 7.842.372 236.872,806 25,508 $5,982.400 1,57^724 90,500 205,712 1,403,915 5,914,489 267,038 3,464,490 9,646,017 Car wheels . No Castings, n. e. s . Cutlery Table All other :::::::::: Builders' Hardware and Saws and Tools Locks, hinges and other builders' hardware Saws Tools, n. e. s Total Machinery Machines and Parts of Cash registers 813,077 4,328,917 441,562 7.193.390 1,219.774 3.108.219 4.540.S42 1,163,265 14.915 5.592.403 652,976 1,756.199 2,697,544 21.913.202 647,711 2,124,522 278,709 7,024,888 149.637 535.932 535.385 15,322,922 121,858.344 Electrical 2.736,11(1 Metal-working. . 6,491,586 847,006 2.710.654 3,264344 Printing presses, and parts of 853,936 13,973 4,728,748 335,061 1,132,489 2.449,205 18,722,251 604,215 973.434 285,427 5,875,748 145,349 390,214 503.739 10,464,055 93,716,031 ""i 525 1,128 Steam Engines and Parts of Fire No 4 517 605 Locomotive No Stationary No. Parts of and boilers Nails and Spikes (Ibs ) Cut 32,869,265 51,193,212 4,619,843 24,935.866 84,635,366 4,291,249 Wire All other, including tacks Pipes and fittings Safes . No 2,257 2,374 All other manufactures of iron and steel Total iron and steel, etc., not Including ore Jewelry, and Other Manufactures of Gold and Silver- jewelry 729,194 891,392 250,384 1,141,776 233,962 963,156 Total Lamps, chandeliers, and all other devices for illuminating purposes 777,379 977,932 Lead, and Manufactures of (Ibs.) Pigs, bars, and old 164,406 259,309 6,502 97 74 308,509 356,442 ,M$! 190,278' 329.630 Type . Allother Total Leather, and Manufactures of Leather, sole Ibs. 37,120,912 6,280.904 11,5761822 liOBO.574 13,444,569 34,060,296 6,433*803 1,909,914' 101.708; 11,913,256 1,438,976' 15,363,854 j Leather, Other Upper leather Kid, glazed Patent or enameled Splits, buff, grain, and all other upper leather ::::::'::: Other leather Total Manufactures of Boots and shoes 2 711 385 4,274,174 504.131 713.346 27,288,808 Harness and saddles.... 237,552 792,575 23,466,985 Allother Total leather and manufactures of Lime brls. Malt bu. 73,385 453,038 71,735 324,145 &SI 85,854 215.198) Malt Liquors In bottles . doz l,43S,7tt 602,055 1,733.373 154,751 1,888,124 1,479,071 748,984 1,944.827 192,700 2:137,527 In other coverings gals Total Marble and Stone, and Manufactures of Unmanufactured Manufactures of Rooting slate 68,903 1 363 617 120,397 950,543 606,229 1,677,169 Allother 454,236 1,886.756 Total Matches 103,692 95,316 Musical Instruments (No ) Organs 17.019 1,169 985,997 253,950 551,896 1,791,843 lt',.174 1,755 992,642! 354.96H 608,099 1955707 Pianofortes . .... All other, and parts of Total -. Naval Stores Resin, tar, turpentine, and pitch (brls.) Resin 2,563,229 3tf,903 22.945 2.623.077 3,741.581 86,002 54,953 3,882,536 2,369.118 36.515 20,246 2.425,879 3,796,367 77.082 45,823 3919272 Tar Turpentine and pitch. .. Total 22 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. 1899. 1900. EXPORTS. Quant's. Values. Quant's . Values. Turpentine, spirits of . gals. 17,761,583 16,100,419 9,982,955 18,090,582 $8,554,922 12.474,194 Total naval stores 4,907,722 1,110,222 134,929 5,317,677 1,219,812 107,172 Nursery stock 1 Oil Cake and Oil-Cake Meal (Ibs.)-Cottonseed Flaxseed or linseed .. 079993479 487,177,390 1567170869 9,253,398 5,277,744 14,531,142 1437041342 183,130,182 626834524 11.229,188 5,528,3131 16,757,519 Total Other Total 101.452 132,532 95,448 137,506 1 Oils Animal (gals.)-Fish Lard 946.358 917,007 2,109!504 191,342 412,447 35,970 64,368 704,127 795,642 738,724 60,214 381,161 1,975,741 184.403 337.260 24,766 172,568 718,997 \vhale Other ... Total animal Mineral, Crude Including all natural oils, without 113.088,060 16,252,785 "22,279,480 67,424,393 805.956,658 5,202,892 1,170,294 41,087,031 7,943,193 50,200,518 33,023,656 21.985,093 721.025.237 74,583,769 817,594,099 7,364,162 2,016.802 55.978,937 9,744,367 67,740.106 Mineral, Refined or Manufactured, Not Including Residu- um (gals.) Naphthas, including all lighter products of distillation Illuminating Lubricating and heavy paraffin oil Total mineral, refined or manufactured (not includ- ing residuum) Residuum, including tar, and all other, from which the light bodies have been distilled brls. 730,214 869,758 51,070.276 395,931 606,843 68,246,949 Total refined or manufactured (including residuum) Vegetable Corn gals Cottonseed . gals- 2,360,623 60,627,219 107,000 117,462 563,293 12,077,519 47,681 13,809,335 4,383.926 46,902,390 103.484 89,558 1,351,867 14,127.538 54,148 90.298 166,299 554,295 16,344,445 Linseed ...gals- Other Allother Total vegetable Paints, Pigments and Colors Carbon black, gas black, and lampblack 191827 214,559 474,296 1,213,203 1,902,058 Zinc oxide of. . . . Ibs 9,719,741 316,862 938,736 1,447,425 11,895,590 Ailother Total ' Paper, and Manufactures of Paper hangings 129,000 2,385,667 158,096 2,805,121 5,477.884 145,983 2,521,320 463,038 3,085,218 6,215,559 98,154,C44 99,308.300 Writing paper and envelopes Total Paraffin and Paraffin Wax Ibs 174,844,701 fiSffi 450,462 3,503,293 23,545.185 2,671,780 4,367,356 41,557,(*r 20,774,08 182,153,718 55,553,745 329,078.^ 49,622,328 89,030.94; 512.142,398 196.401,702 5.233,982 29,643.830 2,893,902 4,398.204 38.975,205 20.414,702 Perfumery and cosmetics Plated ware Provisions, Comprising Meat and Dairy Products Meat products Beef products Canned Ibs, 38,385,472 282.139.974 48,144,189 107.361.009 5C2.fJ61.480 225.846.750 Fresh Ibs Salted or pickled, and other cured. .. Ibs Tallow Ibs Hog Products Bacon . ... Ibs Hams Ibs Pork (Ibs.) Canned ... 8,496,074 25.945,546 133.199,683 159.145,229 658,402 1.925,593 8,243,797 10,169,390 Fresh 41.310,364 137,197,200 178.507,564 2,722,661 7,917,066 10,639.727 Salted or pickled Total, fresh and salted Lard Ibs Lard compounds, and substitutes for (cottolene, lardine etc.) Ibs 711,259.851 22,144,717 42,208,465 1.200,231 1,671,052 661,813,603 25,741,685 41,939,157 1,474,464 2,307.571 64,313 Casings for sausages Mutton Ibs 379,11( 29,427 773.76( Oleo and oleomargarine (Ibs.) Oleo, the oil 142,390.492 5,519,322 147,939.814 9,183,659 509,703 9,693,362 146,739.681 4,256,067 150.995.748 10.503,856 416,544 10,920,400 Oleomargarine, imitation butter.. Total Poultry and game 183,503 5,834,865 463,886 5 1.717.985 I 3.941.394 All other meat products Canned 1 Dairy Products (Ibs.) Butter 20,247.99" 3.263.951 18.262.238 3,142.378 EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. 23 EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's. Values. Quant's. Valties. Cheese . 38,198,753 $3,316.049 1,049,211 48,375,862 $4,939.255 1,133,296 184.431,716 Milk Total provisions, etc 175,508.608 Quicksilver Ibs 1,123,471 852.704 14 4X1. '.to 25.256,634 516,459 38,511 80.298 86,315 1,071.585 12.8oO,4 10,051,484 314.655.453 29,163.014. 259,285 29,422,299! Total Manuf actu r es of Cigars M 3,732 1.169.467 8.99J.945 76.172 2.197.353 2.097.815 807,658 5,178,998 2.579 1,161.355 12,196,964 74,623 2.290.876 2,624.375 1,019.772: 6,009,646 Cigarettes M Plusr Ibs Allother Total Trunks, valises and traveling bags '"ise'.sii 148,805 132.638 463,547 216,334 ; 119,352 620.059 588.525 Onions bu SS1.201 164,902 579,833 1.269,812 134.250 450.739 555,691 388,908 2,799,400 617.375 171.636 803,360 983.446 143.256 622.006 603.288 491,227, 2,843,223' Vegetables, canned All other, including pickles and sauces Total Vessels Sold to Foreigners (tons; Steamers Sailing vessels 143 1,507 1,650 49.400 17,625 67,025 1,023 687 1,710 181,663| 21,285 202.948: Total Vinegar gals. Whalebone Ibs 107.317 144,283 13,488 395,443 115.372 196,001 12,583 494.276 10.973 1,498.078 52.015 624.315 676.330 9.889 1,308,859 49.927 1 575,665 625.592 Total Wood, and Manufactures of Timber and unmanufac- tured wood Sawed M feet 406.448 4,796.658 4,161.097 818,841 3,262,589 8.242.527 473.146 4,416,741 5,761.671] 785.305 5,020,471 , 11,567,447 i Hewn cubic feet i Logs and other Total Lumber (M feet) Boards, deals and plunks 970.170, 15,081,176 1,046,857 17,731,678; 24 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. Quant's. Values. \QuanVs. Values. Joists and scantling 34.294 1.004,464 73.791 5371,840 15,403.016 41,043 1.087,900 $550,495 18.282.173 Total Shingles "M 434,'290 588.9B1 3.720.2U7 3.0SL295 &57L375 210.137 ftS 696.31& 2,995.899 9.715,285 86,118 ""772.969 49,031.533 169.667 587.047 728.753 4,337,418 78.146 3.613.190 1,132.499 4.190.437 167.315 428,185 981,938 458,463 3,872.141 11.230,978 50.594.819 Shocks Box Other .. .No. 616.380 44.382.689 Staves No. 28,554,86i Wood pulp Ibs 55.932.270 All other Total wood, and manufactures of 41.489.526 Wool and Manufactures of Wool, raw Ibs. 1,683.419 237.350 2.200.309 387.239 Manufactures of Carpets yds. Dress goods yds 107.779 27.657 81.138 16.933 42.672 538.799 367,865] 1,047.407 146.113 38,166 115,052 24,381 100.252 565,383 448,534 1,253.602 Wearing apparel Total manufactures 15.48S 18,321,375 448.145 972.076 184,894 1.156.970 32.101 31,845.685 980.999 1.584.702 83,500 1,668,202 Manufactures of Pigs, bars, plates and sheets Ibs. Total, not including ore All other articles 7.012.431 9.470.718 Total value of exports of domestic merchandise . Total value of exports of foreign merchandise 1203931222 23.092.080 1370476158 23.710.213 TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MERCHANDISE BY COUNTRIES. [Fiscal years 1899-1900.] COUNTRIES. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. 1899. 1900. EUROPE. ' A 10 S 62.146.056 84,225.777 17.996 944.521 78.408 24.832746 9.77C 14.457,620 2]975,504 ' 19,'431 12.940,806 920.455 72.998.631 97.330.095 40.206 1,122.855 78,658 27.924.1', 6 10,536 15.850.969 3,743.216 101.042 4.735.612 2,510.361 17,378.935 361.252 44.158.aS3 16.H05.828 tojsKjm 155,772.179 567.961 213,507 159 25.034.940 144.080 79.30o.998 4,132.400 146.048 7.301.068 1,185.599 217 9,077.807 12.218.289 267.732 354,457 511.778,705 936.602.093 $7,046,619 414,113 48.307.011 18.487.991 83.312.687 187.370. 199 500,152 290.109 6.005 33.256.820 175.734 89.376.676 5.886,542 41.562 6.196.89-J 1,241,425 13.399,680 10.436,467 250.477 340.377 533,829.374 1040167312 France Italy .... Malta Gozo etc .. Portugal 2,880.223 1,710.161 Russia Black Sea . . .. 3,982,363 2.605.555 14,826.480 2.359.830 118.488,217 353,884.524 5.950.047 4.244.302 17,393.168 3,930,868 159,583,060 440.509.489 Sweden and Norway Total Europe NORTH AMERICA. 494.812 198,203 3,702.990 23.031,743 4,486.234 383,168 31,604,135 mjm 1,065.388 1,119,880 198.04ffl 500,802| 620,447 5,673.370 4,710,0481 6.447.711 27.816,6041 79.030.530 83.009.789 5.814,528, 4.238.H83 5,566.798 ! 562,759 1.595,497 2,017,524 39,867,261! 89,570,4581 97.041.772 British Honduras British North America Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, etc. Quebec Ontario etc .. British Columbia Newfoundland and Labrador Total British North America TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 25 COUNTRIES. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. 1899. 1900. 1899. 1900. 13,581,899 2,111,264 911,849 1,514,630 1,085,703 9,205,345 $2,980,030 2,402,978 988,606 11,520.266 738,674 8,630,554 $1,240,950 1.102,963 832,016 1,186,511 625.414 4,987.854 $1,462,355 785.462 1.184,193 1,815.129 679,440 5,926,579 Guatemala . . Honduras .. ... . Nicaragua... Salvador Total Central American States Mexico 22,995.723 86.283 28,615.881 66,709 25,483,075 194,624 34,974.361 179,887 Miquelon, Langley , etc 14,150.482 25,408.82s 599,328 246.902 28,735 826,530 3,179,827 8,126,779 47,566,m 112,150.911 11,894,520 31,371,704 568,935 315,809 30,176 1 1&4 79^ 84*78,411 8st,w,m 129,939,875 8.751,817 18,616,377 498,066 474,435 1,542,984 2,455,966 2,685.848 1,104,013 36,129,506 157.931.707 8.895.164 26.513,613 624.524 582.185 1.867.188 2,996,689 4,640,431 1,317,098 47,436,892 187.299,318 Cuba Danish . . Dutch .... French Haiti Porto Rico Total West Indies Total North America ~ SOUTH AMERICA. Argentina 5,112,561 8114304 9,563,510 31,298 12Jffl,08< 2,107,124 3,042094 "KB 11,578,119 3.287.362 2,710.688 1.216,008 1,912,814 491,236 195,037 4,884 1.662,475 1.816.881 2,452,757 38,945,721 Bolivia 58,073.45. 7,081,186 4,307,814 1,524,378 37951358 1,230.412 37,564 ' 2,i22,543 1.848.077 5,500,019 93.635,134 1 Brazil 57,875,747 2,942.962 5,126,731 1.054.653 8,500,207 1,651.009 37,929 160 1,496,978 1,281,109 6,507,847 86,587,893 Chile Colombia Scuador 882.591 1,749,545 443.757 170,090 10,751 1,325,650 1.242,822 2.851,634 35.659.902 Juianas British Dutch French ... .... D araguay . ... 3 eru Total South America ASIA. A.den 1,924,941 18,619,268 1,542,335 26,896.117 ^836 993,741 14,493,440 1,490.662 15,258.748 Chinese Empire .. . . China British 29,202 337,310 4.892,323 1,534,149 207,587 29,087.642 126,965 3,050,102 226,655 166,651 64,913,984 Sast Indies British 32,560,312 21,313,945 45,355,976 27,886,814 52 1,256,253 32,724,418 3,823'.371 325,257 139.817.023 4,341.936 1,548.973 7,632 "7,732.525 17,264.688 141,679 1.543.126 167,743 124,678 48,360.161 Dutch . . .... French Portuguese 2,479,274 26,716,814 113,562 3,284.2.% 78,431 07.091,214 longkong .... i'urkey in Asia ill other Asia Total Asia OCEANIA. Auckland, Fiji, etc 926,849 3,502.402 290,557 1,947,320 5.453,130 437,707 621 1,320 20,707.903 5,971.208 76,833 34,596.042 10,121 19,777,129 287,124 27,573 6,883 9,305.470 404,193 56,522 29,875.015 22,281 26,725,702 323,138 10,695 13,247 13,509,148 2,640,449 146,267 43,390.927 Jritish Australasia 36.802.093 57.931.707 35.659.902 78,235,176 1$,594,424 S440509480 129.939,875 93,635.134 174,413,065 11,217,116 North America. . . . South America Asia and Oceania. Africa and other countries Total EXPORTS. Europe North America South America.... Asia and Oceania. Africa and other countries Total 866,400,922 661.976,710 119.788.889 32,639.077 27,421,831 5,838,687 654,994,622 700.870.822 119.693.21$ t212,31C 786,942 5,577,2& 731969,965 627,927.692 108.575.594 33.525,935 30,434.288 7.074,656 779.724,674 7 673.043.753 8 116,567,496 1 36.297,671 42,827,258 13,870,760 64,730,412 C 13,385.644 24,958,461 1 53.768.646 51.927,678 16,953,127 16,049,654 ( 73,806.245 5 39.627.841 33,821.701 66,710,813 17.515.730 849,714.670 1040167312 187.299.318 38.945.721 108.304.911 19,469,109 847.665.194 892.140,575 807,538.165 882,606.936 1 050993556] 231482330 1227023302 1394186371 SUMMARY-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. [Fiscal year ending June 30.] GROUPS. 1899. 1900. Free of Duty Artie Articles in a crude processes of don Articles wholly o materials in the Articles manuf act Articles of volunt Total free of Dutiable Articles c Articles in a crud( processes of don Articles wholly o materials in the Articles manufact Articles of volunt Total dutiab] Free and Dutiable- Articles in a crud< processes of dor Articles wholly c materials in the Articles manuf ac Articles of volunt Total import Per cent of i Duties collected fr< Domestic Products IMPC les of foe ' conditio lestic ind r partial manufac ured rea ary use, 1 duty. . . . >RTS. d and ar n which e ustry . . limals Values. $89,462,062 175,554,962 20,074.407 9,745,658 5,442,72C 300.279,81C Per ct. 29.80 58.14 6.73 3.41 1.92 100.00 Values. $91,902,112 228,208,740 31,387,537 10,116,852 5,514,985 367,130,226 Per ct. 25.03 62.16 8.55 2.76 1.50 100.00 nterinto the various ly manu tures anc ly for co usuries, factured I mechani nsumptioi etc for use as carts i >f food ar } conditio lestic ind r partial! manufac ured rea< ary use, 1 e id anima n which < ustry. Is 121,491,72( 47,102,815 40,589,776 98.112.784 89,571,587 396868,67? 30.61 11.91 10.28 24.67 22.53 100.00 126,576,986 74,055,366 57,046,012 118,768.845 106,137,235 482.584,444 26.23 15.35 11.82 24.61 21.99 100.00 snter into the various y manu tures an ly for co uxuries, factured for use &t A mechanic arts nsumption etc Artie jcond aestic r pai manu bured ary u sof n ree es( itio ind tial fac rea se,l lerc )f food and anima n which enter into ustry Is 210,953,782 222,657,774 60,664.18? 107.858.44c 95,014,307 697.148.4& 30.23 31.94 8.76 15.54 13.53 100.00 218,479,098 302,264,106 88.433,549 12a885.697 111,652.220 849,714,670 25.71 35.57 10.41 15.17 13.14 100.00 the various ly manu tures an 3y for co uxuries, tiandise. factured i mechan nsumptioi etc for use as carts i 43. (ft 43.21 )m customs 206.128.485 233.857,95* EXP i of Agri 3RTS. 784.776,145 i39.592.14t 28,156,174 42.126.8& 5.992.99V 3,286,875 1203931225 65.19 28.21 2.34 3.49 :l 100.00 835,912,952 432.284.3tt 38.997.550 52,309.484 6,289.664 4,682,142 1370476158 60.99 31.54 !46 .34 100.00 Mining Forest . . Fisheries . Miscellaneous Total domestic..'. Foreign Free of duty.. . . Dutiable 9,511, 13? 13,580,94: 23,092.08( 41.19 58.81 100. OC 12.370,708 11,339.505 23.710.213 52.20 47.80 100.00 Total f oreigr Total export L s 1227023305 1394186371 GOLD AND SILVER. TONNAGE. GOLD AND SILVER. 1899. 1900. VESSELS. 1899. 1900. Gold Imports $88.954,603 37,522,086 30,675.056 56,319,055 $42,829,457 48.266.229 35,236.697 56,712,275 Entered-Sailing 4,255,222 Steam 21,855.594 Cleared Sailing 4,237.925 Steam 22,028,051 4.190,852 23.710,913 4.298,243 22,821.664 Exports Silver Imports Exports TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE. 27 TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS INTO AND FROM THE UNITED STATES From Oct. 1. 1789, to June 30, 1900. FISCAL YEAR.* MERCHANDISE. SPECIE. MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE COMBINED. Imports. Exports. Exc'ss of imports (roman) or exports (italics). Imports, gold and silver. Exports, gold and silver. Total imports. Total exports. Excess of imports (roman) or exports (italics). 1790. . 1791. . 1795.' ! 1796. . 1797. . 1802! ! 1808. . 1804. . 1805. . 1809'. .' 1810. . 1811. . 1812. . 1813. . 18H. . 1815. . 1816. . 1817. . 1818. . 1819. . 1820. . 1821. . 1822. . 1823. . 1824. . 1825. . 1826. . 1827. . 1828. . 1829. 1830. . 1831. . 1832. . 1833. . 1834. . 1835. . 183(5. . 1837. 1838. . 1839. . 1840. . . 1841. . . 1842. . . 1843. . . 1844. . . 1845. . . 1846. . . 1847. . . 1848. . . 1849. . . 1850. . . 1851. . . 1852. . . 1853. . . 1854. . . 1855. . . 1856. . . 1857. . . 1858. . . 1859. . . 1860. . . $23.000,000 29,200,000 31,500,000 31.100,000 34,600,000 88,766,368 81.436,164 75,379,406 68.551.700 79,069.148 91,252.768 111,363,511 76.333,333 64.606.666 85.000,000 120,600,000 129.410,001 69,400,00(1 85,400.001 77!o3tuc 147.'103!OOC 99,250.000 121.750,000 87,125,000 74.450.000 54,520.834 79,871.695 72.481,371 72,169.172 90.189,310 78,093.511 71.332.938 81,020.083 67,088,915 62,720,956 95,885,179 95,121,762 101,047,943 108,609.700 136,764.295 176,579,154 130.472.8a3 95,970,288 156.490,956 98.258.706 122,957.544 96,075,071 42,433,464 102,604,606 113.184,322 117,914.065 122,424.349 148.638.644 141.206.199 173.509.526 210,771,429 207.440.398 263,777.265 297.803.794 257,808,703 310.432.310 348.428,342 263,338,654 881,383,341 353.616.119 $20,205,156 19.012,041 20,753,098 26,109.572 33,013,725 47,989,872 58.574.625 51,294,710 61,327,411 78.C65.522 70.971,780 55!80o!o33 77.699.074 95,566,021 10t,53(i,963 108,343.150 22.430,960 52.203,233 66,757.970 61,316,832 88.587.236 27,856.017 6,927.441 52,557.753 81,920,052 87,671.509 93.281,133 70,142,521 69,691,669 54,596.323 61.350.101 68.326.043 68.972.105 90.738.333 72,890.789 74,309.947 64,021.210 67,434.651 71,670,735 72,295,652 81.520,603 87.528,732 102.260.215 115.215,802 124.338,704 111.443,127 104.978.570 112,251,673 123,668,932 111.817.471 99,877.995 82.825,689 105,745.832 106.040,111 109.583,248 156.741,598 138,190.515 140,351.172 144,375.726 188,915.259 166,984,231 203,489,282 237.043.764 218.909.50IS 281.219.423 253,823.760 272.011,274 292.902,051 333.576.057 $2,794.844 10,187,959 10.746.902 4.990,428 n.THUM 22.861,539 24.084.696 7,224.289 403.626 20.280.988 18.342.998 4,376.189 8.S66.633 7,300,926 25.033.979 27,873.037 30.156,850 34,r>59.040 7.193,767 18.642.030 7.916,832 38.502.764 5,851,01': 6,037,559 60.483,521 65,182.948 11.578.431 28.4liS.807 16.982.479 4,758,331 75.489 18.521.594 4.155,328 3,197,067 549.023 5,202.722 2,977.009 16,998,873 345,736 8,949,779 23.589.527 13,601.159 13,519,211 6,349,4a5 21.548,493 52.240.450 19,029,676 9,008.2X2 44,245.285 25.410,226 11.140.073 3,802,924 40.392.225 3,141,226 7,144,211 8,330.817 34,317.249 10,448.129 855.027 29.133.800 21.856.170 40,456.167 60.287.983 60.760.030 38.899,205 29,212,887 54.604.582 8.672,620 38.431.290 20.040.062 $23,000,000 29.200.000 31.500,000 8U36J64 75,379.406 68.551,700 79,069.148 91.252,768 111,363,511 64.666.668 85.000.000 120,600.000 129,410,000 138,500.000 56.990.000 59.400.000 85.400.000 53.400.000 77,030.000 22.005.000 12,965.000 113,041.274 147,103.000 99.250.000 121,750,000 87,125.000 74.450.000 62.585,724 83,241.541 77.579.267 80,548.142 96.340.075 84.'.I74,477 79.484.068 88,509,824 74.492.527 70.876,920 108J18!311 126,521.332 149,895.742 189.980,035 140.989,217 113,717,404 162.092.132 107.141.519 127.946.177 100.162.087 64,753.799 108,435.035 117,254,564 121,691.797 146,545.638 154,998.928 147,857.4:39 178.138.318 216,224.932 212,945.442 267.978,647 304.562.381 261,468,520 314,639,942 360,890.141 282,613,150 338,768.130 862.166,254 $20.205,156 19.012,041 20,753,098 26,109,572 33.043.725 47.989,872 58,574. K2o 51,294,710 61.327,411 78,665,n22 70.971.780 93.020.513 71,957,144 55,800.03? 95!566.021 101.536,963 108.343.150 22.430.96C 66J57]97C 61,316,832 38,527.236 27,856.017 6.927,441 52,557.753 81,920,052 87.671,569 93,281.133 70,142.521 69.691,669 65.074.382 72,160.281 74,699,030 75,986,657 99.535.388 77,595,352 82.324.827 72.264.686 72.358,671 73.849,508 81.310,583 87,176.943 90,140.433 104,336.973 121.693.577 128,663,040 117,419,376 108.486,616 121.028,416 132.085.946 121,851.803 104,691,534 84,346.480 111.200,046 114.646,606 113,488,516 158,648.622 154,032,131 145,755,820 151.898.720 218.388.011 209,658.366 230,976,157 278,325,268 275,156,846 326.964,908 362,960.682 324.644,421 356.789,462 400.122.296 $2.794,844 10,187,959 10,746,902 4,990,428 1.556.275 21.766,396 22,861,539 138 403,626 20,280.988 18,342,998 25;033;979 27.873,037 30,156,850 34,559.010 7,198.767 18.642,080 7,916,832 38,502.764 5,851,017 6,037,559 60,483.521 65,182,948 11.578.431 28,468.867 16,982,479 4,758,331 2,488,658 |11,081.26!H 2,880,237 4,561,485 3,195,313 7,379,125 2,840,759 10:245.138 2,133,856 2,972.588 21.880,541 13,852.323 17,977.878 22.184.359 28,202,165 euM.'.u'.-, 23,569.841 5,230.788 41,063,716 24,944.427 6,094.374 4,529.447 19,592.681 2,765,011 2,607.958 8.203.281 12,102.984 966.797 2,101.619 26.239,51)8 2,163.079 3,287.076 37.002,490 26,237.113 13,688,326 12,324,966 2,070.541 42,031.271 18,021.332 37.956.042 Specie included with merchandise prior to 1821. $8.064,890 8,369,846 5.097,896 8,378.970 6.150,765 6.880.966 8.151,130 7,489.741 7.403.612 8,155,964 7,305,945 5,907.504 7.070,368 17,911.632 13.131,447 13.400.881 10.516.414 17,747,116 5,595,176 8.882.813 4.988.633 4.087.016 22.320.335 5,830.429 4,070.242 b, 777,732 24,121.289 6.360,284 5,506,044 4,201,382 6,758,587 3.659.812 4,207,632 12.461.799 19.274,4% 7.434.789 8,550.135 $10,478.059 10,810.180 6,372.987 7,014.552 8,797.055 4,704,563 8,014,880 8.243,476 4,924.020 2,178.773 9,014.931 5,656,340 2,611,701 2.076.758 6,477,775 4,324.336 5,976,249 3.508,046 8,776.743 8.417.014 10,034.332 4.813.539 1.520,791 5,454,214 8,60(5,495 3,905,268 1,907,024 15,841,616 5,404,648 7522994 29.472,752 42,674.135 27,486.875 41.281,504 56,247,343 45.745,4.85 69.136,922 52,633.147 (J3.8S7.411 T..f.4.2:!<.l Fiscal year ended Sept. 30 prior to 1848; since that date ended June 30. 28 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GOLD AND SILVER. MERCHANDISE. SPECIE. MDSE. AND SPECIE COMBINED. J * Exc's xof Imports, gold and silver. Exports, gold and silver. Total imports. Total exports. E rcf* sof Imports. Exports. imports (rom.) or exports imports (r/>man) or exports S (italics). (italics). 1861 $289.310.542 $219.553.833 $69.756 7119 ! 46.339 611 1 ,080 m ,650, S8 J249,? 44.913 9 -i.: 5,240 1862.. . 1891856,677 190,670.501 1.31.5 ?vf 16,415 062 -.640 m .771. '29 227..T 08.141 .'/.:s 6.412 1863 243.335.815 203,964.447 39,371 :^, 9,584 105 14.151 ;V,ll 252 .919.' r>() 268.: 21XB8 l&jt 1.138 1864.. . 1865... . 316.447.283 238.745.580 158,837.988 166,029,303 157.609,295 72,716.277 9,810.072 105.396.541 67.643.226 329,562.895 248.555.652 264.234.528 2:-3.672.529 14'^ x.:-i6rt S. 123 1866.. . 434.812,066 348.859,522 85,952 .-.44 10700 IW %04 I "71 44n 512, 5S 434,1 103593 [0,61 S.,5t 1867... . 896,761,096 294.506.141 101.25J 966 22 070 475 ,86 i 372 417 .881. >71 355,,- 74.513 62,45 7,a>s 1868.. . 357,436.440 281,952.899 75,483 .'41 14,188 368 8,78 1 102 ;r ,624. 308 375,' 37,001 4.11 2.193 1869... . 417.50(5.379 286.117.697 1 :il>> 682 19.S07 <76 .7.1:; 41 ,314. >6o 848; .56,077 94.0,1 S.178 1870. . . 435.958.408 392,771,768 4:;. IN -4(1 26.419 179 tflft. , 666 m 377 v^7 450,J 27.4* 11 45 1153 1871.. . 520,223,634 442,820.178 77.403 606 21,270 024 W.44 i'.KS 54; .493. -Its 641 .5 62,101 i 1.542 1872.. . 626,595.077 444.177.586 182.417 491 18748 689 1 9 87 - ,vu Mf :;:,- '66 524.1 66 |2I 1 1 ;>-> 3.646 1873.. - . 642,136310 522,479,922 119.656 >8S 21 40 937 'i S574 m ,617, 47 607,1 v; B 8.651 1874... . 567,406,342 586,283.040 18.876 698 s 4:4 906 i J6,63 1405 n ,H61, 248 652,1 13 44? 57 M 2.197 1875. . . 533.005,436 513,442,711 19.562 726 fl),900 717 i B,13 J.14' u .906. 63 605..' 74, 8K V HI 8.700 1876.,, . 460,741,190 640,384.671 79.64Z 481 15.936 on , y;.,TO. 47e .677. 371 598.: 90,975 1 >ll "/ J.lf/J 1877... . 451,323,126 6te.475.220 151.152 094 40.774 414 1646 v.>:;7 4ift .097. i4(l 658,1 7.4ft: <>.917 1878.. . 437.051.532 694,865,766 257.8H 234 29.821 814 . ; ; 74 i rw M s;--j -J6 7281 06,89 / ~1 ?,OA5 1879. . . . 445.777,775 710.439,441 264.661 660 20,296 000 M J!9 "441 49 073 -75 7354 36^82 > 69 ,> 1.107 1880. . 667,954,746 S35.63S.65S 167.683 '.H" 9&OB4 310 7,14 J.919 76! 989 66 852' n .-.; ''* f T' 2.521 1881... . 642.6*4.628 902.377.346 259.712 7/s 1 10.575 497 " 9,401 ;.si; 761 .'24(1. '.'. 921,' 84,19? 1 <;s .v 4068 1882... . 724.639.574 750.542.257 25.902 683 42.472 85)0 9,41 ".479 IS .111. m 799,1 ,V5.73f- K ^ 7.772 723.180.914 823.839.402 100.658 4^ 28.4*9 :;'. 383 ra TW (v! 807.1 46.992 (r~> ^ 3.037 577,527,329 742.189.755 164.662 4"r, 43,?42 :-ei 1" 23 .V25 769 ;;,- 784^ 121 .28C 1 S3 >;- 1.628 635.436,136 679.524,830 44.088 694 38 698 KV5 1 " 46 U10 67-1 029, 9J 751,1 J88.24C ^>,448 1887. . 692.319,768 716.183,211 23.863 443 60.170 7'.C> ' kV. 091 75' ,490, -,m 75? ,.658 1888. . 723,957,114 695.954.507 28.002 607 59.387 9S6 -t;,4i 7ft ,295. m 742,; /s t^ 40 '' 6.410 1889. . 745.131,652 742,401.375 2,73( 277 28,963 078 1 16.64 .633 77-1 .094, 839.1 42.90G 4'J 8.183 1890. . 789.310.409 857,828^584 68.518 J27fi 33,976 326 1 V2.14 \420 a ,286, r35 909.' 77.KV % 6J 0.369 1891. . 844.916.196 884,480.810 39364 614 36,259 447 1 i t'4'-f 88 175 J43 99;^. 34.45'. j s.,v 1992. . 1393. . 827,402.462 866.400.922 1,030.278,148 847.665.194 202.875.686 18.7JS5.728 69.654.540 44.367.tftt 83.005,886 149.418.163 897,057,002 910.768.55.5 1.113,284.034 997,083.35? 216.227,032 86.314.802 1894. . 654.994,622 892.140.572 237.145 950 86,735 671 1 .'7.4'2 1326 M ,731. ,:-> 1.019..' . r. '.>'.',- ? 7 A SS 9.ft>5 731.969.965 807.538.165 75.568 200 56.5B6 930 1 3.76, ;,767 7* ,666, KI4 921 ; (11 93: 1 s'" :,s 6.028 1896 779,724.674 882.606.938 102J82 2fi4 62 JOB 251 1 J.9.') ,817 .026, '.'.') LQBJ 69 55C 2 1.63D ills'.: : 764.730.412 616.049.654 1.050.993.556 286.263.144 1,231.482.330 615.432.676 115.548,007 151.319.455 102.30 70.51 V218 630 1880.278.419 767.369.109 1.153.301.774 1.301.993.96( 273.023.355 534.624.851 1899.. . 1900.. . 697,148,489 841t.714.trrO 1 .227.023.302 1 529.874^13 1.394.186.371 544.471.701 119.629,659 78.066,154 93.841,141 104.978.504 816,778, 148 ; 1.320.864.44c 927.780.824 1.499.164.87E 504,(>86,295 571.384.051 Total... 3152) '.824646 33573412658 2046588012 2,137,846.133 3,599.443.226 33664670779 37172855884 3.508,185.105 NOTE. Merchandise and spec! 8 are comb ined i n t ie colun ins it right of table for the purpose of showing the total inward and outward movement of values by years. PRINCIPAL NAVIES OF THE WORLD. The following table, from the Statesman's Year Book, shows the strength of the princ pal navies in March, 1900. Vessels of little or no fighting value are excluded. The classification has been revised and is uniform throughout all navies. Under the head of "afloat" all shins ready, or nearly ready, for sea are incluc led. 'Builc iner' ' covers tho ie still c n the s oefe s, or only just launched, which will not be completed for at least a year. GREAT BRITAIN. FRANCE. RUS- SIA. GER- MANY. ITALY. SPAIN. TUR- KEY. CLASS. | jj 2 2U | - 5 ^ . 'S ^ \ * * . f |-5 l-s | |-5 | |-S 1 I" 5 ^ c = ' S 5 1* Battleships 1st cl 17 8 11 20 2 1 5 4 2 i . A '> 3d class Armored cruisers 1st rate... 14 11 o 9 3 2d rate 9 s fi 1 Coast defense ships i 13 6 '"i" 13 .... 19 9 2 . 12 .... 2d class . . 17 4 s 2 ^ 5 4 3d class 54 11 i 4 I I 4 1 Torpedo gunboats 33 22 q 8 17 96 12 2 8 7 s 1 Ist-class torpedo boats 11 2 42 H fi K 8 11 20 4 ia 2d and 3d class 171 IDS 172 7 7 Submarines 4 6 'M 1 .... ... * Projected. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 29 STATISTICS OF AGRICTTLTURE. The following ten tables were prepared by the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. WHEAT CROP OF THE WORLD-1895 TO 1899.* COUNTRIES. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. United States Bushels. 467,103,000 Bushelg. 427.684.000 Bushels. 530.149,000 Bushels. 675.149.000 Bushels. 547.304.000 13,183.000 19,184,000 14,825.000 6,800,000 2H.765.000 18.8H7.OOi 7,500.000 33,042.000 26,112,000 9.000.000 22.158,000 28,802,000 9.000000 Manitoba Total Canada 57.460,000 40.809.000 56.102,000 68,154,000 59,960.000 Mexico 10.035000 22.555.000 9,700.000 15.000.000 15.000.000 Total North America 534.598,000 491.048.000 595,951.000 758,303,000 622.264.000 Chile Argentina Uruguay .- 15,000.000 60.000.000 8,915,000 12.000.000 41.433.000 4,059.000 10.500,000 25.410,000 3.600.000 14.000.000 46,603.000 6.000,000 13.000.000 92.167,000 7.164,000 Total South America Great Britain Ireland Total United Kingdom 38.348.000 1.109.000 39.457.00C 58.851.0DO 1,194,000 60,045,000 56,672,000 1,355,000 58,027,000 75.330.000 1,856.000 77.186.00C 67,594.000 1,731,100 69325000 Norway 260.000 3.705.000 3,467.000 4.282.000 12,878.000 340.432.000 81.218,000 7.000.000 118,162.000 5.000.000 116,545,000 300000 4,704.000 3,689.000 5,045,000 13,748.000 339,793,000 71,892,000 5.600.000 145.233.000 4.800.000 125,661,000 300,000 4.t!7S.OOO 3,474,000 4,290.000 11,967,000 246.596.000 94,637,000 8,200.000 86.919.000 4,300,000 119:903:000 JSS& 2.991.000 5.000.000 14.069.000 363.498.000 99,000.000 7.800,000 137.345.000 4.500,000 132,557,000 260.000 4,430.000 3,500.000 ifflHK 366,079.000 88,000,000 6,400,000 137,912.000 4,200.000 141.369,000 Jj" K T T Italy Switzerland Germany Austria < 153.012,000 8,661.000 2.000,000 210,443,001 149.954.000 9.614,000 2,050,000 205,622,00e iioooioK 127,720,(KK 47.357.000 128.140.000 11.408,000 2,100.000 189,005.00( 42,282,000 138.060.000 9.500,000 2,000,000 19184200C Bosnia-Herzegovina Ronmania 68.502,000 37,000.000 9.400.00( 220.000 21,500.000 4,000,000 71,194,000 48,275,OOC 24,o6o',OOC 4.800.000 36.448,000 30,739,000 12,500.000 200.000 17.800.000 3,200,000 58.457.00( 25.ooo:oa 4,000,000 26,064.00C jMHMU Greece 292.272.000 17,387,000 67,127,000 lOO.Ott) 300,423.000 19,476,000 45,148,000 98,000 238.557,000 17.SOS.000 211,8^.000 90.001 334.246.000 21.69l.ttX 62 a8? 21,544.'0 57,313,000 90,000 Finland Total Russia in Europe Total Europe 1,460,357,000 1 ,509,066.000 1,158,236.000 1,579.758,000 393.823,00( 1.499,604,000 Siberia 30,899.000 7,462,000 47,000,000 34.160.000 12.830,000 42.000,000 42.835,000 11,087,000 40,000,000 36,157.000 14,944.000 40.000.000 45,473.000 14,938,000 33.000,000 Trans-Caucasia 46.000.000 2,200,000 22.000.000 255.244.000 20.341.000 431,146.000 144,000,000 2.400.000 20.000.000 205.743.000 18.187.000 379.320,001 48,000.000 2.400.000 20.000.000 191.25r.000 19.509,000 375 088.001 44.000.000 2,400,000 17.600.000 259670.000 20.000,000 434 771 001 35.200.000 2,000.000 16,000.000 232,585.100. 20.000,000 399196000 British India Japan Algeria 26.793.00U 7.500.000 14.000.000 2.542,001 ry >*;;> ( H 23.631,000 5.600.000 12.000,000 2,257,000 43 488 OIX 18,000.000 5.000.001 1'J.OOO.tKX 2.200,000 A-T 9m eft 24,118.000 6.500.000 14,000,000 2,012.000 46 tfiO 001 15,000.000 4,800,000 14.000,000 2.000.000 Cape Colony 30 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. WHEAT CROP OF THE WORLD. CONTINUED. COUNTRIES. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. West Australia Bushels. 176,000 8,027.000 3,727,OOC W IK\ fW Bushels. 194,000 6,116,000 128,000 7'.059',000 9^ < f1 Bushels. 252.000 2,893,000 620,000 9.132.000 7,315,000 1,327.000 6,113,000 Bushels. 421,000 4,141,000 1.041.000 10.893.000 10.914,000 1,721,000 5,849,000 Bushels. 892,000 9,056,000 626.000 9,579,000 20,19S.l.iiii I 2,376.000 13.485.000 South Australia New South Wales New Zealand RECAPITULATION BY CONTINENTS. 534,598,000 83,915.000 ''Si 491,048,000 57,492,000 1,509,066.000 379.320,000 43,488.000 25,906,000 595.951.000 39.510,000 1,158,236.000 375.0S8.000 37.200.000 27,652,000 758.303,0001 622.264.000 K6.603.000 112,331.000 1,579,758,000 1.499.604.000 434,771,0001 399,196.000 46,630.000 35,801,000 34.980,000 56,212.000 Asia Africa Australasia Total 2.593,312,0001 2,506,320,000 2,233,637.000 2.921.045.000 2.725.407,000 *This and the following table embody such official figures as are available in regard to wheat and corn, together with commercial or other estimates for a number of countries for which official data are not furnished. There are many countries which not only issue no official figures, but for which not even rough estimates, or information upon which to base them can be had; and these are necessarily omitted from the tables. They are, however, for the most part countries whose production enters to a very limited extent into the world's commerce in the articles named, and the part of the world's production covered by the tables embraces substantially all that is of much commercial importance. CORN CROP OF THE COUNTRIES NAMED-1894 TO 1898. COUNTRIES. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. Bushels. 1,212,770,000 16,788,000 77.273.UUO Bushels. 2,151,138.000 25,602.000 71,906.000 Bushels. 2,283,175,000 24,830,000 76.264,000 Bushels. 1,902,968,000 25,441.000 121,893,000 Bushels. 1,924,185,000 24.181.000 100,000,000 Mexico Total North America 1,306,831,000 2,248,646,000 2.384.269,000 2,050,302,000 2.048,366.000 Chile 9.000,000 72.000.000 5,840.000 9.000.000 80.000.000 5,000.000 8,000,000 40.000.000 4.000,000 9,932.000 66.000.000 4.000.000 Uruguay France 27,419,000 l'..i)So.OOO 15.000,000 59,603.000 26,163,000 15,714,000 15.000.000 70,483,000 30,426.000 18,252,000 15,000.000 79,910.000 30,401.000 17.000.000 15.500.000 65,891,000 23.496,000 18.000,000 15,500.000 79.640.000 Italy Austria 13.795,000 68.448.000 12.092.000 18.720,000 142,743.000 17,454,000 17.492,000 128.866,000 17,617,000 14,757.000 102.239.000 14,162,000 16.074,000 127,639.000 17.500.000 Croatia-Slavonia 29.892.000 8.000,000 17,414.000 23,275.000 71.323,000 8.000.000 17,000.000 31,693,000 65.428,000 6.400.000 16.000.000 23.773.000 79.753.000 5.000.000 16.000,000 51.966,000 101.870.00(1 7.000.000 17,000.000 47,918.000 Bulgaria and E Roumelia .... Servia Russia Algeria 322.000 32.000.000 2.761.000 35.083,001 493,000 33.600,000 2,378,000 36.471,000 451.000 34.000.000 1,650,000 36,101,000 450.000 35.000.000 2.761.000 38,211,000 333.000 32.000.000 2,06], 000 34,394.000 Egvpt Cape Colony Total Africa Australasia 9.118,000 8,500,000 10.201,000 9,412,000 9,780,000 RECAPITULATION BY CONTINENTS. North America 1,306,881.0002,248.646.000 26.252.000 86.840.000 214,023,001) 434.298.000 35,083.000 36,471.000 9,118.000) 8.500.000 2,384.269.000 94.000.000 419,164,000 36,101.000 10.201.000 2,050.302.000 52.000.000 412.669.000 38,211,000 9,412.000 2,048.366.000 fl9.932.000 471,637.000' 34.394.0001 9.780.000 South America Africa Australasia Total 1.671,307,000,2.814,750.000 2.943.735.000 2,562.594.000 2,634.109,000 STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 31 ACREAGE. PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899. STATES AXD TERRITORIES. Acreage. Aver'ge yield >r. acre Production. Av. farm price Dec. 1. Farm value Dec 1. Maine Acres. 1.953 511 3,560 300 378.690 123.370 1,505.3(3 72,856 759,643 753,625 521,731 148,271 297.239 56.735 3,248 814,832 227.135 953.187 417,285 901.272 2,816,761 1.587.523 2,587.875 1.266.541 759.573 5.091.312 1399.653 1.151.384 3.721.229 2.018.619 3.52d.013 4,043,643 69,764 21029 309,611 18(5.946 22,3(12 180.505 38,167 142.153 956,405 1,143.205 2,393.185 1,218,253 AA ZQf) MK Bush. 22.5 17.2 22.0 18.3 18.5 14.5 Si 14.1 8.4 6.7 6.5 6.8 7.6 7.7 11.1 8.6 8.7 9.3 9.1 14.2 8.4 9.8 10.0 15.5 13.4 13.0 9.9 9.8 10.3 10.7 12.8 25.7 18.8 23.7 13.8 15.3 20.7 18.0 24.2 22.7 19.2 14.1 13.3 19 Q Bushels. 43,942 51490 7,005,765 1,788,865 20,472,923 932,557 10,710.966 6.330,450 3,495,598 963.762 2,021,225 431,186 25,010 9.044.635 1.953.361 8.2sB,727 3,880.751 8.201.575 39.998,006 13.335,193 25,361,175 12,665,410 11,773.382 68,223,581 18,195,489 11.398,702 36,468,044 20.791,776 37,728,3b9 51,758,630 1,792,935 395.345 7,337,781 2,579.855 342,139 3,736,454 687,006 3,440,103 21,710,394 21,949,536 33,743,909 16,202,765 Cents. 91 95 85 95 80 75 66 68 68 69 82 99 98 89 78 68 64 78 71 66 64 65 64 63 61 55 55 62 52 49 50 51 61 67 57 61 64 53 76 50 51 53 SB 66,572 5,216 5,601612 j 1.341,649 13512129 634.139 7,283,457 4,368,010 2,866,390 954.124 1,980,800 383.756 19.508 6.150,352 1.250,151 18 5,413.040 25,598,724 8.667,875 16,281,152 7,979,208 7,181.763 37.522,969 10,007.519 7.067.195 18,963,383 10,187,970 18,864,170 26,396,901 1,093.690 264,881 4,182,535 1,573,712 218,989 1,980.321 522,125 1,720,052 11,072,301 11,633,254 20,921.223 8.587,465 New Hampshire ... . Vermont Connecticut New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania Delaware .... Maryland Virginia < Mississippi Texas Tennessee . West Virginia Ohio . . 1 Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota j North Dakota i Montana Utah Nevada Idaho Oklahoma , ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF CORN IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899 STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Aver'ge yield pr. acre Production. Av.farm VZDeW. Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 11,873 25.014 47,526 40,264 8,116 46,149 503,389 254.816 1.257.996 206,696 580.076 1.744.045 2,457,936 1.857,021 3.249.479 '509.337 2.751,260 2,440.232 1.438.707 4,508,411 2.404,357 2.999.888 693.984 2,637.747 Bush. 36 39 36 36 31 8 39 32 22 32 20 13 9 10 10 12 16 18 18 20 20 26 21 Bushels. 427,428 975,546 1.710,936 1,449.504 251,596 1,799,811 15.605,059 9,937,824 40,255.872 4,547,312 18,562,432 34,880,900 31,953,168 16,713,189 32,494,790 5,093.370 33,015.120 39.043,712 25,896,726 81,151,398 48.087,140 59,997,760 18.043.584 55,392.687 Cents. 50 49 47 51 53 50 45 40 41 34 36 38 47 50 50 53 47 46 44 36 38 39 46 37 1213,714 478,018 804,140 739.247 133,346 899.906 7,022.277 3.975.130 16,504,908 1.546.086 6.682.476 13.2.U742 15.017.9Sy i 8,356. ;V.*4 16.247.395 2.JB9.486 15,517.10(3 17,960,108 11,394.559 i 29,214,503 18.273.113 23,3i)9.12i> 8.119,lb 20.495.294 New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut. . . New York Delaware j Maryland. Virginia . . . North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Texas Arkansas . . ... Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky 32 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. ACREAGE, VALUE AND PRODUCTION OF CORN. CONTINUED. STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Average yield pr. acre Production Av. farm orice per bu.Dec.l. Farm value Dec. 1. Ohio Acres. 2,751,356 1,059,054 3.732.963 ti,865.287 1.191,039 944,584 7,814,511 6,265,964 H.800,786 8.013,331 1,154,516 241065 1.582 2,452 171,264 24,015 8.134 5,586 Bush. 1 38 36 35 33 31 26 27 28 26 23 1 17 20 20 23 22 27 19 Bushels. 99,048,816 26,476,350 141,852,594 247,150,332 41.686,365 31.171,272 242,249,841 162,915,064 237,621,222 224.373,268 30.017,416 553,495 36,386 53,944 2,911,488 480,300 162,680 128,478 297,418 1.536,975 10,133,365 Cents. 30 36 27 26 12 23 30 25 I 33 52 43 43 58 59 55 64 8 $29.714,645 9,531,486 38,300,200 64,259.086 12,505.910 7,481.105 55,717.463 48,874.519 59.405.306 51.605,852 7,804,528 182,653 18.921 23,196 1,251,940 278,574 95,981 70,663 190,348 922,185 2,026,673 Michigan Illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota , Iowa Missouri Nebraska South Dakota . . North Dakota... . Montana Utah Washington Oklahoma United States 82,108,587 25.3 2,078,143,933 30.3 629,210,110 ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF OATS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899- STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Aver'qe yield vr.acre Production. Av.farm irice per on Dec. 1 Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 141,619 29,927 107,009 3,668 14.819 18,752 1,464,568 95.193 1,186.304 16,004 72.852 367,537 398,934 251,998 476.878 35,606 301,207 13(5,574 30,738 682,719 313,918 380,446 455',267 915,166 899.972 1,071,914 3,349,446 1,880,205 1.646,513 3,848,053 811,974 1.349.290 1,715,804 589, 703 599.589 60,986 14.743 90,698 7,418 25,654 32,352 81,945 170,622 59,477 Bush. 35 35 37 26 31 24 23 14 12 "3 9 10 10 1 19 14 23 18 36 34 32 38 36 32 33 25 29 30 26 30 38 30 27 24 34 34 37 30 31 Bushels. 4,956.665 1,047,445 3,959,333 95.368 489,027 525,056 45,401,608 2.284,632 39,148,032 320.080 1,675,596 5,145,518 4,787,208 3,023,976 4,291,857 320,454 3,012.070 1,365,740 553.284 17,067,975 5,964.442 5,326,244 3.158,452 8.194,806 32,945,976 30,599,048 34,301,248 127,278,948 67,687,380 52,688,416 126,985,749 20,299,350 39,129,410 51,474,120 15,332.278 17,987,670 2,317,468 442,290 2,448.846 178.032 872,236 1,099,968 3,031.965 5,118,660 1,843,787 Cents. 38 39 37 37 38 29 25 30 33 41 47 48 50 43 50 40 30 34 32 35 32 25 28 23 22 19 24 22 22 23 27 8 43> 44 8 38 41 47 $1,883,533 408,504 1,464,953 35.286 185,830 194,271 14,982,531 753,929 11,352.'.C".< 80,020 502.679 1,698.021 1,962,755 1,421,269 2,060,091 160,227 1,295,190 682,870 221,314 5,120.892 2.027,910 1,704,898 1,105,458 2.622,388 8,236,494 8,567,783 7.889,287 28,001,869 15.568,097 11,591.452 24,127,292 4,871,844 8,608.470 11,324.806 3,526.424 . 4,856,671 903,818 176,916 1,028.515 78.334 348,894 417.988 1,152,147 2,098,651 836.580 New Hampshire Rhode Island. Massachusetts. ... Connecticut. . . . New York New Jersey Pennsylvania. . . . Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina.. Georgia Florida Mississippi Louisiana Texas. Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Ohio Michigan . Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri . Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Colorado . .. Washington California United States 26,341,380 30.2 796,177,713 24.9 198,167,975 STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 33 ACREAGE. PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF RYE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899 STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Average yield l>r.acre Production. Av.farm 83?i. Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 983 924 3,173 8,331 14,248 227,100 66,719 262,406 33 45754 3,825 "MB !?! 11,892 13.229 24,443 39,120 78,358 35,741 76,955 204,875 HI. 804 112,770 9,803 140,532 62.319 2,451 16,315 2,374 3,452 2,246 5.616 36,4?2 Bush. 15 15 B 18 16 15 It 9 7 5 j 11 9 10 10 16 14 13 15 15 18 18 13 11 16 15 15 14 17 16 11 15 Bushels. 14,745 13,860 53,941 133,296 256,464 3,633,600 1,000.785 3,936,090 S?; 320!278 ksso 14,576 37,660 19,052 107,028 132,290 244,430 825,920 1,097,012 464,633 1,154.325 3.073,125 1,112,472 2,029.860 127.439 1.545.852 997.104 36,765 244.725 33,236 58.684 35,936 61,776 547,080 Cents. II 62 79 64 56 55 51 57 53 1:1 1.04 82 74 70 55 52 48 47 48 42 40 50 42 38 I 48 60 i $12,386 11.227 33,443 105,304 161,137 2,034,816 550,432 2,007,406 201.367 175,150 240,208 20.846 106.210 15.159 30.881 14,098 71,709 82,020 171,101 344,256 570,446 223,024 4(>7 238 811.944 63,720 649.258 378.900 13,603 90,548 15,953 || 426J22 New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut. . New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina. South Carolina Georgia Alabama Texas Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Michigan Indiana ... . Illinois. . .. . Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri South Dakota North Dakota Colorado ... Utah.. Washington. . . . ; Oregon . . . California United States 1,659,308 14.4 23,961.741 51 12,214,118 ACREAGE. PRODUCTION, AND VALUE OF BARLEY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899. STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Average yield pr.acre Production. Av. farm price Dec. 1. Farm value Dec. 1. i Maine Acres. 11,988 4,620 17,384 1,695 315 168.853 8;564 1.970 1.779 1,381 21,550 38,631 6,132 13.638 255,685 325,765 461.996 > 720 187,245 36,276 104,798 246.223 6.183 12,069 1,109 5,905 11,586 40,296 28,497 855.376 Bush. 29 25 31 30 29 24 21 18 11 21 28 24 25 29 30 25 26 18 17 26 23 24 35 28 32 33 35 35 28 26 Bushels. 347,652 115,500 538.904 50.850 9.135 4,052.472 179,814 35,460 19.569 29,001 603,400 927,144 153,300 395,503 7,670.550 8,144,125 12,011.896 12,960 3,183.165 943.176 2,410.354 5,909,352 216,405 337,932 35,488 194.865 405.510 1,410,360 797,916 22,239,776 Cents. 59 65 52 68 70 S 66 64 43 45 48 45 47 40 31 31 i 30 29 33 51 55 61 52 46 44 50 50 $205,115 75,075 280,230 34,578 6,394 2.026,236 88,124 23^04 12,524 12,470 271.530 445.029 68,985 185,886 3,068.2-.*) 2,524,679 3,723,688 5,443 859.455 282,953 (2*9.003 1,950,03*5 110,367 185.863 21,648 101,830 186,535 620.558 398,968 11,119,888 1 Vermont Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania Texas Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North Dakota Colorado . New Mexico Utah Idaho California United States 2,878,229 25.5 73,381,563 40.3 29,594,254 34 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF BUCKWHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899. STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Average yield pr. acre Production. Av.farm price Dec. 1. Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 23,754 2,827 9.348 2,209 3.807 241,543 10,422 242.280 273 7.510 4,616 1.685 ,!S 9.415 23.083 5,331 4,762 30,93G 11,386 12.098 2.499 5,104 240 Bush. 22 20 23 20 19 13 21 20 18 13 14 17 12 17 16 11 16 15 15 17 16 14 16 17 Bushels. 522,588 56,540 215.004 44,180 72,333 3,140.059 218,862 4,845.600 4,914 97,630 64.624 28,645 12.060 238,255 150,40 253,913 85,296 71,430 464.040 8L664 4.080 Cents. 44 50 52 70 63 59 56 54 49 56 54 49 57 56 58 55 59 58 63 52 58 S 74 "558 111.802 30.92fi 45.570 1.852.K35 122,563 2.616.U24 2.408 54,673 34.897 14.036 6.874 133.423 87,371 139.652 50325 41.429 292.345 100.652 112,269 21,341 50,32 3,019 New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut. .. New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Vi ginia. North Carolina Tennessee. West Virginia . . Ohio. . Mich'gan ' Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri ! Nebraska Oregon United States .... 670,148 16.6 11,094,473 55.7 $6.183.675 ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF WHITE POTATOES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899. STATES AXU TERRITORIES. Acreage. Average yield pr. acre Production. Av.farm price per bu.Dec.l. Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 46.865 18.66J 24,915 28.065 7.212 25.562 326,227 47,955 179.339 5,239 22.193 36,515 16,293 4.141 5.594 1,704 5,997 -s 14,499 28.146 25.806 37,122 39.710 162,048 173.185 108.082 163.002 156,337 113,423 198,478 105.512 99.646 143,5KO 56,925 29.854 Bush. 139 127 132 134 142 J30 88 83 85 52 64 66 57 56 46 69 56 61 60 64 63 44 72 51 71 66 76 96 103 96 100 83 95 94 78 103 Bushels. 6.514,235 2,370.074 3.288.780 3.760,710 1.024.104 3.323.060 28,707.976 :i9SC).2to 15,243.815 272.428 2!409'.9M) 928,701 231.896 257,334 117.576 335.832 324,032 476,820 927,996 1,773,198 1,135.4R4 2,672.784 2.025.210 11.505.053 11,430.210 8,214,2*2 15,648,192 16.102.711 10,888,608 19,847,800 8.757,496 9.466.370 13,494,640 4.440.150 3,074,962 Cents. 42 46 36 57 50 3 8 51 51 56 66 i n 124 87 102 81 91 71 65 52 61 i 43 41 26 25 23 40 45 25 2T 27 12.735,979 1.090.234 1.183.961 2,143.tW5 512.052 1.528.608 11.483.190 2.030.935 6.554.840 138.938 721.380 1,349.594 I 612.943 241.172 213.579 145.794 292.174 330.513 386.224 844.422 1,258.971 7H8.052 1.389.S48 1.2H5.37S 4.947.173 3.6.57,667 3 532.120 6,415.759 4,186.705 2.722.152 4.564,994 3.502.998 4.259.866 3.373.660 1.198.840 830.240 New Hampshire . Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey . Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina . Georgia Florida , Alabama . . . Mississippi Louisiana Texas West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska South Dakota STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 35 ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF WHITE POTATOES. CONTINUED. STATES AND TERRITORIES. Acreage. Aver'ge yield pr. acre Production. Av.farm price per bu.Dec.l. Farm value Dec. 1. Montana ... Acres. 4,597 3,770 32,304 734 5,446 1,771 4,790 15.397 14.934 26.543 Bush. 141 125 84 49 120 102 124 144 115 119 Bushels. 618.177 471.250 2713,536 35.966 653,520 180,642 593,960 2.217,168 1.717.410 3,158,617 Cents. 53 61 55 68 55 90 61 50 49 63 1343.534 287.462 1,492.445 24.457 j 359,436 j 1(2.578 362.316 1.108.584 841,531 1,989929 Wyomipg New Mexico Utah Nevada Idaho Washington California United States 2,581,353 88.6 228,783,232 39.0 $89.328,832 ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF HAY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1899. STATES AXD TERBITORIES. Acreage. Aver'ge yield pr. acre Production. AT. farm price per ton Dec.l Farm value Dec. 1. Maine Acres. 976,848 602.U9/ 843-.23S 590.707 73.008 475,488 4.356,064 392.191 2,557.475 46.750 282,992 534,603 130.526 144,354 109.287 5,942 49.847 54.902 25,405 311,156 138.845 243,318 498,998 306,173 1.641,307 1.35-2,766 1.562,221 1.833,884 1.324.298 1.514.841 3,750.727 2,258,682 3.284.018 2.034.758 1,943.688 384.048 361,923 271.961 776.321 38,310 27.6J4 194,341 157.480 215.958 .7'.'4 637,190 1.708.087 Tons. .90 .89 .14 .13 .89 .94 .04 .83 .20 .04 .13 .10 .50 .22 .45 .46 .66 .44 .95 .43 .48 .31 .29 .29 .30 .22 .34 .29 .47 .70 .04 .37 .57 .06 .43 .58 .42 1.47 2.10 1.70 2.63 2.50 1.87 2.50 2.02 1.97 1.63 Tons. 879,163 535,866 961.288 667,499 64.977 446.963 4,530.307 325.519 3,068.970 48.620 319.781 588.063 195.789 176.112 158.466 8.675 82.746 79.059 49,540 444,953 205.491 318.786 643.707 394.963 2,133.699 1.650.375 2,093,376 2.365,710 1.946,718 2.575,230 5.025,974 3,094,394 5.155,908 3.377.698 2,779.474 606.796 513.931 399.783 1.630.274 65.127 72.651 486,852 294.488 539,85)5 613.664 1,255.264 2,784,182 110.10 11.75 9.25 15.50 17.25 14.50 10.45 15.35 11.50 11.65 12.15 10.25 10.10 10.30 13.15 15.35 11 40 9.25 9.70 7.10 8.65 11.25 9.45 10.40 8.95 8.50 7.80 7.75 6.85 4.35 5.30 6.25 3.50 3.70 3.10 3.30 7.70 6.60 7.35 10.60 10.35 7.10 7.65 6.30 8.90 6.85 8.00 18.879.546 6.296,426: 8,891,914 10,346.234 1.120,853 6.480,818 47,341.708 4,996,717 35.293.155 566,423 3.885,339 6.027,646 1,971.469 1,813,954 2,083,828 133.161 943.304 731.296 480.538 3,159,166 1,777,497 3,586.342 6,083.031 ! 4,107.615 19.096,606 14,028,188 16,328,333 1&3&4.252 13,335.018; 11.202.250 26,637,52 \ 19.339.%'J 18,045.678 12.497,483 8.616,369 2,002.427 8.957.269 2.638.5158 11.982,514 690.346 751.938 3.449.54!) 2.252.8I ; 3.401.338 5.461,610 8,598,558 22,273,456 New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania Delaware. Maryland. Virginia South Carolina Georgia Florida Texas Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Ohio Michigan Indiana .. . Illinois. Wisconsin Nebraska . ... . ... South Dakota North Dakota New Mexico Utah Nevada , Idaho Washington California ., United States 41.328,462 I 1.35 56,655,756 $7.27 $411,926,187 36 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. CONSUMPTION OF WHBAT-PBR CAPITA OF POPULATION OF PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. [From Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department.] COUNTBIES. Date, of census. Popula- tion. Produc- tion of wheat. Imports. Exports. Available, for con- sumption. Con- sump- tion per capita. United States Dominion of Canada. . . 1897 1895 1895 1895 1895 1896 72,807.000 5,083,364 12,588,497 3,954.911 2,712,145 808,628 44.009,322 24,977.439 15.261,864 2,201,927 1,568,092 6.495,886 3.309.816 2,172.380 38,517,975 52,279,901 2,433,806 31,290,490 227.841 4.928.658 5,049.729 5,417.249 106.159,141 2,345,837 17,974,323 4,962,568 1,988,674 2.986.848 5.711,000 39,824,563 11291,381.000 42,270,620 9,000.000 23,051,972 4,479,000 1,838,000 9,654,322 1,297.640 1.174,888 **360,220 **137.946 166.113 tt714.162 **472,179 Bushels. 427.684,346 40,809,000 Bushels. 38.096 670,761 Bushels. 145.124.972 9,753,185 Bushels. 282,597,470 31,726,576 Bush. 3.88 6.24 Argentina 48.000,000 12.000.000 6,000,000 204,701,000 43.991,000 150.660.000 8,000,000 2,050,000 17,216.000 45,600.000 4,340,000 337.823.000 106,140,000 4.000,000 132,000,000 220.000 5,400.000 5,600.000 69,200,000 365,148.000 9.300.000 83.000,000 4,671.000 300,000 4,800,000 24.000,000 60,012,000 181,997.000 16.000.000 20.000.000 75,000,000 17.600.000 3,200,000 12,000,000 5,195,312 5.669.174 5,929,300 188.020 1.286,330 5.926.523 601,254 547,363 748 408 526,734 5,843,534 5,210.981 1,133,033 2.623.470 42.703,829 6.789,767 4,867,375 202,604,264 10.8 2.5 6.0 4.6 Chile Austria-Hungary * 1895 1890 1890 1895 1896 1893 1890 1896 1895 1896 1898 1898 1896 1890 1894 1897 1890 1892 1896 1891 1894 "1897" 1891 1896 Hungary Croatia, Slavonia, etc. Bosnia and Herzego- vina 3,149,908 55,067,915 98,741,993 6.5 Belgium .. . 51,218,833 7,o48 3.031,042 33,946,921 68,739,822 5.167,126 32,342,652 12,946,620 22,578,910 784,508 20.597,777 18.551.807 109.569 6,978,309 55,488,213 23.028,638 6,586,534 351.172.144 156.328.015 9.057,557 157,364,343 8.5 7.0 3.0 9.1 3.0 3.7 5.0 '"s.s" 2.1 6.0 tf.7 Bulgaria France Germany* Greece* Italy Montenegro Netherlands 57,717.465 5,067,012 44,181,686 44.585 36,803,528 192,682,730 18.935,779 10.622.427 32,396,472 1347,465,270 Portugal Russia: Russia, Poland, Finland 5,216.295 4,939,728 2,139,399 15,521,770 2,519,150 42.720 1,083 5,132 85.697,155 9.568,008 2,438,316 20,316,648 "O" 1.9 1.2 6.8 Sweden and Norway: Sweden Norway Switzerland Turkey, European Un~'ted Kingdom 165,242,059 900,286 18,674,453 224,383,773 5.6 British East Indies?.... Persia 1897 1896 1895 1897 1896 1896 1896 1896 1896 1896 1896 Algeria 66.442 3,224,422 .982,445 5,317,058 48,494 17.617.948 6.424.422 12,563,839 8,783,718 3.9 3.5 6.8 418,606 1,728.652 Australasia : New South Wales South Australia "Western Australia Tasmania 274.285 494.009 106.912 2.829 2,563,435 2,811,694 3,391,891 682.029 1.391.290 5.133.879 3.161.009 9.4 4.9 8.4 7.2 6.7 1.952 795,473 3.680 New Zealand * Exact equivalent of wheat flour not available, " flour of grain " being given only in com- mercial reports. tFor Russian empire. No equivalent for wheat flour used, commerce in wheat only being available. IT Includes feudatory native states. ** Excludes aborigines, tf Excludes 39,854 Maoris. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 37 STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS. Acreage, production and value* of the principal farm crops In the United States, 1867 to 1899. YEAR. CORN. WHEAT. Area. Production. Value. Area. Production. Value. 1867..., Acres. 3-2,520,249 34.887.246 37.103.245 38,646.977 34,091.137 35.526.836 39.197.148 41.036,918 44.841.371 49.033.364 50,369.113 51.585,000 53,085.450 62,317.842 64.262.025 65,659,545 68,301.889 69.683.780 73,130.150 75,694.208 72,392.720 75.672.763 78.319,651 71.970,763 76.204.515 70.626.658 72.036.465 62.582.269 82,075,830 81.027.156 80,095.051 77,721,781 82,108,587 Bushels. 768,320.000 906,527.000 874.320.000 1,094.255.000 991.898,000 1.05)2.719.000 932.274.000 850.148,500 1.321.069.000 1.283.827,500 1.342.558.000 1.388.218.750 1.547.901.790 1,717,434.543 1.194,916.000 1,617,025,100 1,551.066,895 1,795.528,000 1,936,176.000 1,665,441,000 1,456,161.000 1.987.790.000 2,112.892.000 1.489,970.000 2,060,154.000 1,628,464.000 1.619,496,131 1,212.770,052 2,151.138.580 2,283.875.165 1,902,967,933 1,924,184,660 2.078,143,933 $437,769.763 424.056,649 522.550.509 540,520,456 430,355.910 385,736,210 411.961.151 496,271,255 484.674,804 436,108,521 467,635,230 440.280.517 580,486.217 679,714.499 759,482.170 783,867,175 658,051.485 640,735,560 635,674,630 610,311.000 646,106,770 677,561.580 597,819,829 754,433,451 836,439.228 642,146.630 591.625,627 554,719,162 544 985 534 552;023]428 629,210,110 Acres. 18.321,561 18.460,132 19,181.004 18.992,591 19,943,893 20.858.359 22.171.676 24.967.027 26,381.512 27,627,021 26,277,546 32,108.560 32,545.950 37.986,717 37.709.020 37,067.194 36 455,593 39.475.885 34.189,246 36,806.184 37.641,783 37,336.138 38,123,859 36,087,154 39.916,897 38,554,430 34,62y,418 34,882,436 34.047,332 34.618.646 39.465.0tt5 44.055,278 44.592,516 Bushels. 212,441,400 224,036.600 260.146.900 235.884,700 230,722,400 249,997.100 281,254.700 308.102.700 292,136.000 289,356.500 364,194,146 420,122.400 448,756.630 498.549,868 383,280,090 504,185,470 421,086,160 512,7^.000 357.112.000 457.218.000 456,329.000 415,868,000 490.560,000 399,262.000 611.780.000 515.949.000 396,131,725 460,267,416 467.102.947 427,684,346 530.149,168 675,148,705 547,303.846 1308,387.406 243,032.746 199,024,996 222,766,989 264,075.851 278,522.068 300,669,533 265.881,167 261.396/J26 278,697.238 385.089.444 325.814,119 497.030.142 474.201,850 456.880,427 445,602.125 383,649.272 330,862.260 275,320,390 314,226.020 310.612.960 385.248,030 342.494.707 1 334.773.678 513.472.711 322.111.881 213,171.381 225.902,025 1 237.938.998 310.602.539 428,547,121 392.770,320 319,545.259 1868... 1869.... 1870 1871 1872 : 1873 1874 1876 1877 1878.... 1879 1880 1881 . .... 1882 1883 .. 1*84 ... 1885 1886 1887 1888 .. . . 1890 1891 1892 .. 1893.... 1894 1895 1896 . ./ . 1897 1898 1899 YEAR. OATS. RYE. Area. Production. Value. Area. Production. Value. 1867..., Acres. 10,746.416 9,665,7o6 9,461.441 8.792395 8.365,809 9.000.769 9,751,700 10.897,412 11.915,075 13.358.908 12.826.148 13.176,500 12.683,500 16,187.977 16.831,600 18,494.691 20,324.962 21,300.917 22.783.630 23.658.474 25,920.906 26,998.282 27,462.316 26,431.369 25.581,861 27.063.835 27.273.033 27,023.553 27,878.406 27,565.985 25,730.375 25.777,110 26,34 1,380 Bushels. 278,698,000 254,960,800 288.334.000 247.277.400 255,743,000 271.747,000 270,mooo 240.369,000 354,317.500 320,884.000 406,394.000 413.578.560 363,761.320 417,885,380 416,481.000 488,250.610 571,302.400 583,628.000 629,409.000 624.134,000 659,618,000 701.735,000 751.515.000 523.621.000 738.394.000 661,035.000 638.854.850 662,036.928 824.443.537 707,346.404 698,767.809 730.906.W3 796,177.713 1123,902,556 106,355,976 109.521,734 96.443,637 92,591.359 81,303,518 93.474,161 113,133,934 113.441,491 103.844.896 115.546.194 101,752.468 120,533.294 150.243,565 193,198.970 182.978.022 187.040.264 161,528.470 179,631.860 186,137,930 200,699.790 195,424.240 171,781.008 222.048,48*; 232.312.267 209,253,611 187.576.OJt> 214,816,920 163,655.0t 132,485.033 147,974.719 186.405.364 198,167,975 Acres. 1,689,175 1,651.321 1.657,584 1,176,137 1.069.531 1.048.654 1.150.355 1,116,716 1,359.788 1.468.374 1,412.902 1.622,700 1.625.450 1,767.619 1,789.100 2.227,894 2,314.754 2.343.963 2.129.301 2.129.918 2.053.447 2,364.805 2,171.493 2.141,853 2.176.466 2.163.657 2.038.485 1.944.780 1.890,345 1.831,201 1.703.561 1,643,207 1,659,308 Busliels. 23,184.000 22,504.800 22,527.900 15,473.600 15,365.500 14.883.1100 15,142.000 14:990,900 17.722.100 20.374.800 21,170.100 25,842.790 23.639,460 24.540.829 20,704950 29.9T.0.037 28,058.582 28,640.000 21.756.000 24.489.000 20.693.0(10 28,415.000 28.420.299 25.807.472 31.751.868 27,978.824 26.555,446 26.727.615 27.210.070 24.399.047 27.3611324 25.657.522 23.961,741 $23.280.584 21.349.190 17,341.861 11,326.967 10,927.t;-,>;; 10,071.061 10.638.258 11,610.339 11,894.2-,':; 12,504,970 12,201.759 13,566.002 15,507.431 18,564,560 19,327,415 18,439. 194: 16,300.503 , 14,857.040 12,594.820 13.881.330 11.283.140 16.7-.il. 869 12 009.752 16,229.'.C 24.589.217 15,160.056 13.612.222 13.395.476 11.964.y>ti 9,960.769 12,239.647 11,875,350 12,214.118 1868.... 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 .. 1882..., 1883 1884 1885 . . 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 . 1891 1892 1893 .... 1891 1895 18%::::::::::::::::. 1897 .. 1898. . . . 1899 *A11 values in this and the followinn tables are in gold. 38 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS. CONTINUED. Acreage, production and value of the principal farm crops in the United States, 1867 to 1899. YEAR. BARLEY. BUCKWHEAT. Area. Production. Value. Area. Production. Value. 1867. ., Acres. 1,131.217 937.498 1,025.795 1,108.954 1,177.735 1,397.082 1,387.106 1,580,626 1,789.902 1,766,511 1,614.654 1.790.400 1,680.700 1.843.329 1.967.510 2.272.103 2,879,009 2.608.818 Bushel*. 25.727,000 22,896,100 28.652.200 26,295.400 26.718,500 26,846.400 32,044,491 32,552,500 36.908.600 38,710,500 34.441,400 42,245.630 40,283,100 45,165,346 41,161,330 48,953.926 50.136,097 61,203.000 58,360.000 59,428,000 56.812,000 63,884.000 78,332,976 67,168,344 86.839.153 80.096,762 69,869.495 61.400.465 87.072,744 69.695.223 66.fxS5.127 55,792.257 73.381,563 118,027,746 54,948,127 20,298,164 20,792,213 20,264.015 18,415.839 27,794.229 27.997.824 27,367.522 24,402.691 21.629,130 24,454.301 23.714.444 30,090.742 33,862.513 30,768.015 29.420.423 29.779.170 32.867.696 31.840.510 29.464.390 37.672.032 32.614,271 42,140.502 45,470.342 88.026.062 28,729.386 27.134.127 29.312.413 22.491.241 25.142.139 23.064.359 29,594,254 Acres. 1.227.826 1,113,993 1,028.693 536.992 413,915 418,497 454.152 452,590 575,530 666.441 649,923 673,100 639.900 822,802 828.815 847,112 857.349 879.403 914.394 917.915 910,506 912.630 837,162 844,579 849.364 861,451 815.614 789.232 763,277 754,898 717.836 678,332 670,148 Bushels. 21,359000 19.863.700 17.431.100 9.841.500 8.828.700 8.133,500 7,837,700 8,016.600 10,082.100 9,668.800 10,177.000 12.246.820 13.140.(XiO 14.617.535 9.486,200 11,019.353 7,668.954 11,116,000 12.626.UOO 11.869.000 10.844.000 12.050.000 12.110.329 12.432.831 12.760.932 12.143.185 12.122.311 12,668.21)0 15341.399 14.089.783 14.997.451 11,721.927 11,094,473 $16,812,070 15,490,426 12.534.851 6.937.471 6.208,16.") 5.979.222 5.878.629 '5.843,645 6.254.56 1 6.435.836 6.808.180 6,441.240 7,856.191 8.682.488 8,205.705 8,038.862 6.303.980 6,549.0!0 7,057,36:! 6.465. r,'0- 6,122,320 7.627.647 6.113.119 7.132.8I2 7,271.50-5 6.295.643 7,074,450 7.040.2a* 6,936.^25 6.522.3*1 6.319.188 5.271.462 6.183.675 188. . 1869.... 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 ... 1875. . . . 1876... 18i7..., 1878.... 1879 1880 1881 1882. . . . 1883... 1884 1885 1886 2,729.359 2,652,957 2.901.953 2.996.382 3.220.834 3. 135.302 3.352,579 3,400.361 3.220,371 3.170.602 3.299.973 2.950.539 2.719,116 2.583,125 2,878,229 1887 1888. .. 1889.... 1890.... 1891... 1892 . 1893 1894 1895 1896.... 1897..., 1898.... 1899 YEAR. POTATOES. HAT. Area. Production. Value. Area. Production. Value. 1867 Acres. 1,192,195 1,131.552 1,222.250 1,325.119 1,220.913 1.331.331 1.295,139 1,310,041 1.510.041 1,741,963 1 792287 Bushels. 97.783.000 106,090.000 133.886.000 114.775,000 120.461.700 113,516.000 106.089.000 105,981.000 166,877,000 124,827.000 170.092.000 124,126.650 181.626,400 167,659,570 109.145.494 70.972.508 208.164.425 190,642.000 175,029.000 168.051.000 134.103,000 203.365.000 204,990.345 148,078.945 254.42t;.9i 1 156.654.S19 183.034. 'JOS 170.787.338 297,237.370 252.234.540 164.015,964 I92.3<*;.:;:;s 228,783,232 $64.462,486 62,918.660 ' 57,481,362 74,621,019 f4.905.18S> 60.692.121) 69.153.709 65,223.314 57.357,515 77.319.541 74,272.500 72.923.575 79,153,673 81.062.214 99.291,341 95.304.844 87.849.991 75,524.290 78,153,403 78,441.940 91,508.740 81.413,589 72.704.413 112,205,235 91.024,521 103.567.520 108,661.801 91.526.787 78.984.901 72,182,350 89.M3.059 79.574.772 89,328,832 Acres. 20.020.554 21.541.573 18.591. 281 19.861.805 19.009,052 20.318.936 21.894.084 21.769.772 23.507,964 25.282.797 25.367.708 26.931.300 27.484.991 25.863.955 30.888.700 32.S39.585 35.515,948 38.571.593 39.849.701 36.501,688 37.664.739 38.591 .903 52.947.236 50,712.513 51.044,490 50,853,061 49,613.469 48.321,272 44.206.453 43.259.75ti 42.426.770 42.780.827 41,328,462 Tons. 26,277.000 26,141.900 26.420.000 24.525,000 22.239.400 23.812.800 25.085,100 25.133.900 27.873.600 30.867.100 31.629.300 39.608.296 35.493.000 31.925.233 35,135.064 38.138.049 46.864.009 48.470.460 44.731.550 41.796,499 41.454,458 46.643,094 66.829.612 60.197.589 60,817,771 59.823.735 65,766.158 54.874.408 47,078.541 59.282.158 60.f>64,876 W, 376,920 56,655,756 $268.300,623 263.589.235 268.933.048 305.74o.224 31 7.939. 799] 308,024.517 314,241.037 300.222.454 300.377. s:;*.i 276.991.422 264,879.79(5 285.0 15.625 S30.804.4SW 371.811,081 415.131.366 371.1 70. :;-.V>, 384.834.4ol 396.139.309 389,752.873 353.437.699 413.440.-js:;- 408.499..VVi 470.374.948 473,569.972 494,113,616 490.427.798 570.882. *7-,>: 468.578.321 393.185.615 388.145.614 401,390,728 398,060.-47 - 4J1.926.187 1868 18(59 1870. . . . 1871... 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879... 1,776.800 1,836.800 1,842.510 2.041,670 2.171.635 2.289.275 2,230,980 2,285,823 2.287.136 2.357,322 2.533.280 2.647.989 2.651.579 2.714,770 2.547.962 2.605,186 2.737.9<"3 2,954,952 2.767.465 2.534,577 2,557,729 2,581,353 1880.... 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885.... 1886.... 1887 1888 1889 1890 " 1891. . 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898.... 1899 STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS. CONTINUED. Acreage, production and value of the principal farm crops in the United States, 1867 to 1898. TEAK. TOBACCO. COTTON. Area. Production. Value. Area. Production. Value. 1867 Acres. 494333 Pounds. 313 724 000 $29.572 660 Acres. Hfl'554 $199,583 510 1868 427 189 320,982,000 29:822873 2.366.467 226,794,168 1869 481.101 273.775.000 25.520.065 7,933,000 3,122.551 261,067,037 330.668 950,628.000 24.010,018 9.985.090 4,352,317 292,703,086 1871 350.769 263.196,100 23.292,645 8.911.000 2,974.351 242.672.804 416.512 342.304.000 31,647,817 9.560.000 3.930,508 280,552,629 1873 872.810.000 28,421,703 10.816.00U 4,170,388 289,853,486 1874 187J 559049 178,355,000 379,347.000 21.066.515 26.453.881 10,982.000 11.635.000 3,832.991 4,632.313 228,113.080 233,109.945 1876 *vl() -i'V 381,002,000 25,923,894 11,500.000 4,474.069 2ll,fi55,041 1877 11,825.000 4.773,865 235.731,194 1878 542,850 392546,700 22.093,240 12.266,800 4,694.942 193.467.706 1879 . 492,100 391,278.350 22.727.524 12.595.500 4,735,082 242,140.987 1880 1881 602.516 646239 446.296.889 449.880,014 36,414,615 43.372 336 15.475,300 16,851.000 5.708:942 5,456.048 280.26ti.242 294,135,547 1882 671522 513.077.558 43.189,950 16,791.557 6,9o7,000 309,690,500 1883" 638,739 451,545.641 40.455.362 16,777.993 5.700,600 250,594.750 1884" 724,668 511,504,000 44,160.151 17.439.612 5,682.000 253,993.385 1885. .. 752,520 562,736.000 43.265.598 18.300,826 219.501,267 186.529,745 166.272,770 174,351,409 170,109,743 t . 1.619,944,472 1.618,012,221 1,647,719.138 1,576.506,083 1.574.620,783 1,445,423,062 1,576,917,556 1,721,795,262 1,906,459,250 2,338,215,268 2.467,868,924 2,456,428,380 2.365.159,862 2,400,586,988 2,409,043.418 2,507,050,058 2,418,766,028 2,329,787,770 2,461.755,698 2.4811506.681 2,170,816,754 1,819,446.306 1.727,926,084 1.655,414,612 1,891,577,471 1.997,010,407 2,042,650.81 2 "Less swine. fNot reported. FOREIGN CARRYING TRADE. Values of imports and exports of the United States carried in American and foreign vessels each fiscal year for the last thirty-one years, with the percentage carried in American vessels. YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1870... 1871... 1872... 1873... 1874... 1875... 1876... 1877... 1878.. . 1879.. . 1880... 1881... 1885. 1886. 1837. 1898., 1899. IMPORTS. In, American vessels. 1136,802,024 153,237,077 163,285,710 174,739,834 176,027,778 157,872,726 143,380,704 151,834,067 146,499,282 143,599,353 149.317,368 133,631,146 130.266,826 136,002,290 135,046,207 112.864,052 118,942,817 121,365,493 123.525,298 120,782,910 124.926,977 127,471,688 139,1311,891 127,095,434 121.5tJl.193 106.229.615 117,299,074 109,133,454 93,535.867 82 050.118 In foreign vessels. $300,512,231 309,140,510 445,416,783 471,806,765 405,320,1:^5 382,949,568 321,139,500 829,585,833 307,407,565 310,499,599 503,494,913 491,840,269 571,517,802 564,175,576 512,511,192 443,513,801 568,222.357 586,120,881 623,676,134 676,51 1,763 648,535,976 503,810,334 590.538,362 626.890.521 619,784,338 581,673,550 EXPORTS. In American vessels. $153,154,748 199,732,324 190,378,462 168,044.799 171,566,758 174,424,216 156,885,066 167,686,467 164.826,214 166,551,624 128,425,339 109,029,209 116,955.324 96,962,919 104,418,210 98,652,828 72,991,253 67,332,175 83,022.198 75.382,012 78,9(58,047 81,033.844 70,670,073 71,258,893 62,277,581 70.392,813 79,441,823 67,792,150 78.562.088 In foreign vessels. $285,979,781 392,801,932 393,929,579 494,915.886 501.838,949 492.215,487 530.354,703 569,583,564 600,769,633 720,770,521 777,162,714 641,400,967 694,831,348 615,287,007 636,004,7(55 581,973,477 606,474,964 630.942,660 739,594,424 773.589.324 733,132,174 751.083,000 905,969,428 1,090,406,476 1.064,590.307 - 151 33.2 35.6 27.2 26.2 27.7 26.9 26.3 23.0 17.4 16.5 15.8 16.0 17.2 ill 14.3 14.0 14 12.9 12.5 12.3 12.2 13.3 11 12.0 11.0 9 8.9 GOLD AND SILVER. 41 GOLD AND SILVER. WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER. [From the Report of the Director of the Mint, 18119.] CALENDAR YEARS. Gold. Silver (coining value). I CALENDAR YEARS. Gold. Silver (coining value). 1492-1520. . . 15211544. . . 1545-1560. . . 1561-1580. . . 1581-1600. . . 1601 -1620. . . 16211640. . . 16411660. . . 16611680. . . 1681-1700. . . 1701-1720... 1721-1740. . . 1741-1760. . . 1761-1780. . . 1181-1800... 1801-1810. . 1811-1820... 18211830... 18311810... 1841-1850... 1851-1SJ5. . . $107.931.000 114,205.000 90.492.000 90.917.000 98.095.000 118,248.000 110,324.000 116.571.000 123.018.000 14.1038.0JO 170.403,000 253.611.000 327.161.000 275.211.000 236,464,000 118.152.000 76.063.000 94.479.000 134.841.000 363,928,000 662,566.000 $54,703.000 98,986.000 207,240.000 248.990.000 348.254.000 351.579,000 327,221,000 304,525. 284.240,000 296,629,000 358,480,000 443,232,000 542.658,000 730,810.000 371,677.000 224*786,000 191.444,000 247,930.000 324.400.000 184.169,000 66.4 55.9 30.4 26.7 22.0 24.4 25.2 27.7 30.5 33.5 36.6 41.4 42.5 33.7 24.4 24.1 25.3 33.0 35.2 52.9 78.3 44.1 69.6 73.3 78.0 75.6 74.8 72.3 69.51 66.5! 63.4 58.6 57.5 66.3 75.6 75.9 74.71 67.0 64.8 47.1 21.71 1856-1860 1861-1865 18661870 18711875 1876-1880 1881-1885 1886.... 1895 1896 1897 $670,415.000 U4,944.000 648,071,000 577,883.000 572,931,000 49o.o82.000 106,163,900 105,774,900 110,196.900 123.489.200 118,848.700 130,650.000 146.651,500 157,494,800 180,567.800 200.406,000 202,956,000 237.504,800 287,428,600 78.1 72.9 70.0 58.5 53.0 45.5 46.8 45.1 43.9 44.3 42.1 42.4 42.5 42.4 46.3 47.7 57.3 21.9 27.1 30.0 41 5 47.0 54.5 53.2 54.1 56.1 55.7 5T.9 57.6 57.5 57.6 53.7 52.3 51.3 41.4 42.7 Total 9.508,317.20010.972,431,400 41 59 PRICE OF BAR SILVER. HiaheSt. lowest and average price of bar silver in London, per ounce British standard (.925). since 1833, and the equivalent in United States gold coin of an ounce 1,000 fine, taken at the average price. CALEN- DAR YEAR. 1834.. 1835.. is:*;.. 1837.. 1841.. 1842.. 1843.. 1844.. 1815.. 1816.. 1847.. 1848.. 1849.. law.. 1851.. 1852.. 1S.V,.. 1854.. 1855.. 1856.. 1857.. 1858.. 1 .<... I860.. 1861.. 1S62.. 1863.. 18U4.. 18B5.. 186t>.. Lmvest quota- tion. Highest quota- tion. Average quota- tion. Value of aflne ounce at average quotaVn. $1.297 .305 .304 .323 .323 ,8W CAJ.EN- DAR YEAR. 18B7. 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879.... 1883.... 1895.. Lowest quota- tion. .59010 .60154 42 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. SILVER WITH GOLD. The following table exhibits the value of the pure silver in the silver dollar, reckoned at the commercial price of silver bullion, from 60 cents to 21.2929 (parity of our coining rate) per flne ounce. [From report on precious metals in the United States, 1892, and subsequent ad-| ditional reports by the director of the mint.] Price of silver per flne ounce. Value of the pure silver in a silver dollar. Price of silver per flne ounce. Value of the pure silver in a silver dollar. Price of silver per flne ounce. Value of the pure silver in a silver dollar. Price of silver per flne ounce. Value of the pur? silver in a silver dollar. 10.60.... 20.464 J0.78 10.603 $0.96. .. .742 H.14 20.882 .61 471 .79 .611 .97 .750 1 15 .889 62 480 80 619 98 .758 .63 .487 .81 .626 .99 .766 I!IT!!! .'! !905 .64 .495 .82 .634 1.00 .773 1.18 .913 .65 .503 .83.... .642 01. . .781 1.19 .920 66 .510 84 649 02 789 1 20 .928 .67!'..! .518 .85 .657 .03 .797 .936 68 526 86 .665 804 1 22 944 69 JM 87 .673 (" " * *'* " 812 1 23 .951 70 .541 .88.... !681 OK .820 1.24... 959 .11 .549 .89.... .688 !o7'. ! .828 1.25... .967 72 557 90 696 08 835 1 26 975 .73 !565 .91 .704 .09 .843 1.27 ."982 .74 .572 .92 .712 .10 .851 1.28 .990 75 .580 .93 719 U 859 1 29 .998 .76!' .588 .94. . .727 12. . .866 1.2929 1.000 .77 .595 .95 .735 .13 .874 COMMERCIAL RATIO OF SILVER TO GOLD EACH YEAR SINCE 1688. From 1688 to 1832 the ratios are taken from Dr. A. Soetbeer; from 1833 to 1878 from Pixley and Abell's tables; and from 1879 to 1899 from daily cablegrams from London to the bureau of the mint: YEAR. Ratio. YEAR. Ratio. YEAU. ! Ratio. YEAH. Ratio. YEAR. Ratio. YEAR. Ratio. 1688.. .. 14 .94 1724. ., 15.11 1760. .. 14.14 1795.... 15.55 1830. . . . 15.82 1865. . . . 15.44 1689.. .. 15 .02 1725. .. 15.11 1761. .. 14.54 1796. . . . 15 .66 1831.... 15.72 1866. . . . 15.43 1690.. .. 15 .0-2 1726. .. 15.15 1762. .. 15.27 1797.. . If .41 1832.... 15.73 1867.... 15.57 1691.. .. 14 .M 1727. .. 15.24 1763. .. 14.99 1798.. . 11 .59 1833.... 15. as 1868. . . . 15.59 1692.. .. 14 .93 1728. .. 15.11 1764. .. 14.70 1799.. . i; .74 1834.... 15.73 1869. . . . 15.60 1693.. .. 14 .89 1729. . 14.92 1765. .. 14.83 1800.- . ir !8 1835.... 15.80 1870. . . . 15.47 1694.. .. 14 .87 1730. .. 14.81 1766. .. 14.80 1801.. . 15 .46 1836.... 15.72 1871.... 15.57 1685.. .. 1696.. .. 15.02 15.00 1731. .. 1732. .. 14.94 15.09 1767. .. 1768. .. 14.85 14.80 1802. . . . 1803.... 15.26 15.41 1837.... 1838. . . . 15.83 15.85 1872.... 1873. . . . 15.63 15.92 1697.. .. 1698.. .. 15.20 15.07 1733. .. 1734. .. 15.18 15.39 1769. .. 1770. .. 14.72 14.62 1804.... 1805. . . . 15.41 15.79 1839.... 1840.... 15.62 15.62 1874.... 1875.... 16. IT 16.59 1699.. .. 14 .94 1735. . 15.41 1771. .. 14.66 1806.... 15 .52 1841.... 15.70 1876.... 17.88 1700.. .. 14 .81 1736. .. 15.18 1772. .. 14.52 1807.... 12 1842.... 15.87 1877.... 17.22 1701.. .. 15 .07 1737. .. 15.02 1773. .. 14.62 1808.... 1* 1843.... 15.93 1878.... 17.94 1702.. .. 15 !o2 1738. .. 14.91 1774. .. 14.62 1809.... r .98 1844.... 15.85 1879.... 18.40 1703.. .. 15 .17 1739. .. 14.91 1775. .. 14.72 1810. . . . li .77 1845.... 15.92 1880.... 18.05 1704.. .. 15 .22 1740. .. 14.94 1776. .. 14.55 1811. . . . 15 53 1846. . . . 15.90 1881.... 18.16 1705.. .. 1706.. .. 15 15 .11 .27 1741. .. 1742. .. 14.92 14.85 1777. .. 1778. .. 14.54 14.68 1812.... 1813. . . . 16.11 16.25 1847.... 1848. . . . 15.80 15.85 1882... 1883. . . 18.19 18.64 1707.. .. 15 .44 1743. .. 14.85 1779. .. 14.80 1814. . . . 15 .04 1849. . . . 15.78 1884... 18.57 IB:: :: 15.41 15.31 1744. .. 1745. .. 14.87 14.98 1780. .. 1781. .. 14.72 14.78 1815. . . . 1816. . . . II 15 -? 1 1850. . . . 1851.... 15.70 15.46 1885... 1886.... 19.41 20.78 1710.. .. 15 .22 1746. .. 15.13 1782. .. 14.42 1817 ... 11 !ll 1852.... 15.59 1887.... 21.13 ITU.. .. 16 29 1747. . 15.26 1783. .. 14.48 1818.... 15 .:>"> 1853. . . . 15.33 1888.... 21.99 1712.. .. 1713.. .. U 16 .31 '-4 1748. . 1749. . 15.11 14.80 1784. .. 1785. .. 14.70 14.92 1819.... 1820. . . . 15.33 15.62 1854.... 1855.... 15.33 15.38 1889.... 1890.... 22.10 19.76 1714.. . 16 13 1750. . 14.55 1786. .. 14.96 1821.... 15 .95 1856.... 15.38 1891.... 20.92 1715.. . 16 11 1751. . 14.39 1787. .. 14.92 1822. . . . 15 .SO 1857.... 15.27 1892.... 23.72 1716.. . 16 09 1752. . 14.54 1788. .. 14.65 1823.... li .84 1858.... 15.38 1893.... 26.49 1717.. . 16 13 1753. . 14.54 1789. . . . 14.75 1824.... i:> .82 1859.... 15.19 1894.... 32.56 1718.. . K 11 1754. . 14.48 1790.... 15.04 1825. . . . IB .70 I860.... 15.29 1895. . . . 31.60 1719.. . 16 1755.. . 14.68 1791.... 15.05 1826.... 16 .n 1861.... 15.50 1896. . . . 30.66 1720.. . 16 04 1756.. . 14.94 1792.... 15.17 1827.... 15 .74 1862.... 15.35 1897.... 34.28 1721.. . 16 05 1757.. . 14.87 1793.... 15.00 IMS."! U 78 18oH. . . . 15.37 1898.... 35.03 1722.. . 15 17 1758.. . 14.85 1794... 15.37 1829. . . . 15 .78 1864.... 15.37 1899. . . . 34.36! 11723.. , 15.20 1759.. . 14.15 GOLD AND SILVER. PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES. Approximate distribution, by producing states and territories, of the product of gold and silver in the United States for the calendar year 1898, as estimated by the director of the mint. STATES AND TERRITORIES. GOLD. Fine ounces. Value. SILVER. Fine ounces. Coining value. Total value. Alabama.. , Alaska Arizona California , Colorado , Georgia Idaho Iowa Maryland , Michigan Minnesota Montana Nevada New Mexico North Carolina.... Oregon South Carolina.... South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming Total 1898 Total 1897.... 112,137 119.249 756.483 1,122,073 fi.221 5 29 5 5 248.014 144.859 26,074 4.064 56.966 5.041 275,723 43 14 110,556 218 37.065 257 100 92.400 2.246.800 612,300 22,815,600 500 5,073,800 $129 119,467 2,904.954 830.448 29,498,958 646 6.560.065 32,400 41,891 19.144,663 1.040.808 472,900 6.485,900 905 168.081 388 196,913 611,426 8,385,810 84,905 254,400 100 328,921 129 3,118,398 64,463.000 54,438,000 70.384,485 134,847,485 2,774,935 57,363.000 53,800,000 69,637,172 127,000,172 PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1792 TO 1898. The estimate for 1792-1873 is by R. W. Raymond, commissioner, and since by the director of the mint. YEARS. Gold. Silver. Total. TEARS. Gold. Total. April 2, 179-2- July 81. 1834 July 31. 1834- Dec. 31, 1844 845 846 847 1848 849 8f;0 L851 1852 .853.... 1855.. 185J5.. .857.. $14,000,000 7,500,000 1,008,327 1,139.35' Insignia- cant. 859 866 867.... 10.000.000 40.000,000 50.000,000 53.000.0UO 60.000.000 65.000.000 60.000.000 55.000,000 55.000.000 53.000.000 50.000.000 50.000.000 46.000.000 43,000,000 89.2UO.UOU 40.0UO.OOO 46. 100, 000 53,225.000 53.500,000 51,725.000 48,000,01)0 49.500.UOO 50,000.000 50.000 50.000 50.000 50,OOU 5o.ua> 50.000 50.000 50,000 50.000 50.001) 50.000 50.000 50.000 $14,000,000 7,750,000 1,058.1327 l,189,35 r 1 ... 150.000 2.000,000 4,500.000 8.500.0UO 11,000,000 11,250,000 10,000,00i 18,500.000 12.000.000 12.000.UUO 16,000,000 10,050,000 40.0bO.OOO 50.050.00U 55.aiO.OUO 60.050.UUU 65.050.000 60,050,000 55,050.000 55.050.000 55,050.000 50,500.000 50.100.000 46.150,000 45.0UO,a>U 43.700.0UU 48.500.000 57,100.000 64.475,000 63.500.000 tl5.225.OU) 60.000.UUU 61.500,000 66,000,000 1871 1872 1-873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 Total 7 3,819.852.726 44 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. STOCK OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1873 TO WOO. The stock of gold and sliver and the amount per capita at the close of each fiscal year from 1873 to 1900, in the United States, is exhibited in the following table, compiled from the reports of the director of the mint: FISCAL, FEAR ENDED JUNK 30. POPULA- TION. TOTAL COIN AND BULLION. Gold. Silver. PER CAPITA. Gold. I Silver. 1873.. 1874.. 1875.. 1876.. 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1883.. 1884.. 1885.. 1886.. 1887.. 41.677,000 42,796,000 43.951.000 45,137,000 46.353,000 47.598,000 48.866.000 50.155,783 51.316.000 52,495,000 $6,149,305 10,355,478 19.367.995 36.415.992 56.464,427 8S.047,907 117,526,341 148.532,678 175.384,144 203,217.124 54,911,000 56.148,000 57.404.000 59,974,000 1890.. 62.622,250 63,975.000 65.520.000 1894.. 1895.. }396.. J897.. 898.. 69,878.000 71.390.0UO 72.937,(H 76.148 627,293.201 255.568,142 283,478,788 312,252,844 352.9ai.afi6 386,611,108 420,548,929 463,211.919 522,277,740 570.313.&44 615,861.484 624,347.757 625,854,949 628.728.071 634.509,781 637.672,743 639.236,743 10.10 90.15 .24 .44 .81 1.21 1.85 2.40 2.96 3.41 3.87 4.34 4.65 5.05 5.44 6.00 e!86 7.39 8.16 9.13 8.97 8.81 8.70 8.56 {.19 7.42 9.97 12.73 13.52 14.44 14.58 15.53 15.73 17.15 18.20 17.95 18.49 18.26 18.85 18.13 18.31 18.07 17.21 18.25 20.12 21.01 CIRCULATION OF MONEY OF ALL KINDS IN THE UNITED STATES. JUNE 30. Amount of money in United States. Amount in circulation. Money per capita. Circula- tion per capita. 1872.. 1873.. 1874., 1875. . 1876. . 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1887. 1889. . 1890 1894.. 1895.. 1397. 1900. $738,309,549 751,881,809 776,083,031 754,101,947 727,609,388 722,314,883 729,132,634 818.631,7a3 973,382,228 1,114,238,119 1,174,290,419 1,230,305,696 1,243, 925, 969 1,292,568,615 1,252,700,525 1,317,539.143 1,372,170,870 1,380,361,649 1,429,251,270 1,497,440,707 1,601,347,187 1,596,701,245 1,664,061,232 1,606.179,556 I,5u6,631,026 1.646.028,246 1,843.435,749 1,932,484,239 2,062,425,496 118. 7'J 18.58 18.83 18.16 17.52 16.46 16.62 21.52 24.04 27. 4i 28.20 30.61 31.06 32.37 31.51 32.39 34.40 33.86 34.24 34.31 36.21 34.75 32.88 31.68 32.86 32.46 32.77 33.54 30.08 $18.19 18.04 18.13 17.16 16.12 15.58 15.32 16.75 19.41 21.71 22.37 22.91 22. 65 23.02 21.82 22.45 22.88 22.52 22.82 23.41 24.44 23.87 24.33 23.02 21.10 22.57 24.74 25,38 2.50 The difference between the amount of money in the country and the amount in circula- tion represents the money in the treasury. Currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872, are in- cluded in the amount of United States notes in circulation in tables for years 1873 to 1891, in- clusive; since 1891 they are reported separately. GOLD AND SILVER. 45 COINAGE OF GOLD AND SILVER OF THE WORLD FOR THE YEARS 1874-98. CALENDAR TEARS. GOLD. Fine ounces. Value. SILVER. Fine ounces. Coining value. 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881... 79,610.875 92,747,118 97,899.525 88.449.796 124,671,870 81.124555 65,442.074 88.539.051 18-4 1885 1886 1887 WS8 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1897 1898 Total. 225.664.115 84.664,891.321 84,541.904 74.120,127 98,044,475 96,566,844 126.388,502 104.354.000 107,788.256 117,789.228 106.962,049 120.282,947 106.697.783 87,472.523 91,057.903 118.642.018 129,775.082 115.461.020 2,598,680,092 $102.981,232 119.915,467 126.577.1C4 114,359,382 161,19l,9i3 104,888.313 81.611.974 1 8,010,086 110,785.934 109.306,705 95.832,084 126,764.574 124,854.101 163,411.397 134.922.344 139,362.595 152,293.144 138,294,367 155.517.31T 137,952,690 113,095.788 121,610.219 153,395.1 40 167.760.~97 149,282.935 $3,359,909,625 MONEY OF THE WORLD JAN. 1, 1899. Monetary systems and approximate stocks of money in the principal countries of the world as reported by the treasury department's bureau of mint. COUNTRIES. fj I 1 PER CAPITA. United States*... United Kingdom France Germany Belgium.... Italy Switzerland Greece Spain Portugal Roumania.. Servia Austria-Hung'y . Netherlands. Norway Sweden Denmark Russia Turkey Australia.... Egypt Mexico Cent. Am. st'tes. So. Am. states. Japan India China ., Straits Settl'in'ts G Canada Cuba Haiti Bulgaria Siam Hawaii Cape Colony S. A. Rep Finland Total Gold . . Gold . . G.&S. Gold . . G.&S. G.&S. G.&S. G.&S. G.&S. Gold 1 to 15. 981 to It. 95 1 to 14. 28 1 to 15.501 to 14. 38 1 to 13.957 to 14. 38 to 14. 38 to 14 to 14. 38 1 to 15.50 1 1 to 15. 1 to 15.50 1 1 to 15. 501 1 to 15. 501 to 14. 38 G.&S, G.&S. Gold . G.&S, Gold . Gold . Gold . Silver G. &S. Gold , Gold 1 to 14.08 1 to 15.50 1 1 to 15% Silver. Silver. Silver. G.&S. G.&S. Silver. .&S. Gold . G.&S, G.&S. G.&S. Silver. G.&S. Gold . Gold . Silver. 1 to 16. 50 1 to 15.50 1 to 15. 50 1 to 16. 18 1 to 15 1 to 13. 69 1 to 15 1 to 14. 88 1 to 14. 88 1 to 14. to 12. 90 1 to 15 1 to 14 1 to 15. 68 1 to 15. 50 1 fo 15.50 1 to 15.501 1 to 14. 95 1 to 15. 98 1 to 14. 28 75.3 40.2 38.5 52.3 6.6 31.7 3.1 2.4 183 5.1 5.4 2.4 45.9 5.0 2.1 5.0 2.3 130.0 24.1 5.1 8:8 296.9 383.5 4.5 462.3 810.6 672.8 30.0 98.0 24.0 53;? 5.2 31.1 30.2 8.6 13.0 16.9 740.4 50.0 132.1 30.0 8.6 1.0 72.2 54.0 1 to 15.50 1 to 12.90 20.0 2.0 1.2 1.0 20.0 4.0 37.5 29.2 4.1 $639.0 111.9 420.1 208.2 45.0 43.9 10.7 1.5 37.8 9.6 7.1 1.8 147.3 515.4 2.3 6.5 5.4 81.9 40.0 7.0 6.4 106.0 11.4 29.0 25.3 568.4 750.0 242.0 5.0 1.5 H 193.4 1.0 1.0 1.2 .5 $329.7 111.6 161.1 156.7 82.5 174.9 17.4 29.1 187.5 75.2 103.0 47.2 5.9 '22.'5 . 18.1 1,159.3 47.4 'iO.'o $12. 56 11.50 21.05 12.86 4.54 3.09 7.74 .21 2.92 1.02 2.42 .41 4.82 6.04 4.10 2.60 7.35 5.69 2.07 25.90 3.06 .66 .30 1.91 1.20 10.8 3.70 1.11 1.20 .30 4.00 40.00 17.86 26.54 1.58 $8.43 2.78 10.92 3.98 6. L 3.45 .62 2.06 1.88 1.31 .75 3.21 11.28 i.o:< 1.30 2.35 .63 1.66 1.37 .65 8.15 3.35 .76 1:8 1.96 53.82 .93 .83 3.50 2.06 38.68 10.00 .47 1.09 .19 $4. 38 $25. 42 2.77 4.18 3.00 12.50 5.52 5.61 12.12 10.24 14.74 3.75 1.50 2.24 9.44 2.43 5.90 2.56 .31 5.32 30.51 7.50 's.'io 4.15 17.05 36.15 19.84 23.86 9.99 16.80 12.95 15.22 '1:8 2.66 10.27 26.76 12.26 6.32 3.73 31.68 3.71 9.12 8.97 33.18 1.75 2.07 1.96 53.82 12.13 1.94 8.40 2.36 42.68 50.00 18.33 27.63 5.92 ,614.6 1.3.835.8 2,846.5 3.50 2.91 2.16 8.57 'Nov. 1 1899: all other countries Jan. 46 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. COINAGE OF NATIONS. COUNTRIES. 1896. 1897. 1898. Gold. Silrer. Gold. Silrer. Gold. Silver. United States $47,053.060 565.985 23.402.560 34,602,786 $23.089.899 21.092.397 6.470.352 5,579,692 "2.718.368' 30,985,566 7,904.911 $76,028.485 417,176 8.654.761 37,289,873 "42.726'25i' 30.145.656 1170,618,508 33,640,553 $18.487.297 19.608.459 4.583.688 $77,985,758 599.442 28.204.3W 39,453,387 $23.034.033 22,066.445 6,200.237 26.686,134 7.720,000 3.704.600 1 $21,373,189 1.369,352 Mexico . Great Britain . . Australasia India * 25,227.996 8.492 France 21,719.880 25.133.476 10.284 33,898.739 34,224.022 42,675,087 $135,788,949 14.367,363 112 Germany Russia t- $35,393,252 5.722,330 Austria-Hungary Licbtenstein Eritrea 771,800 5.386,942 Spain 2,890.407 147.965 6,724,106 307.957 28,950 1,014.624 4,266,028 864,000 964,800 147.400 535,319 135,513 Italy 528,650 7,720 143.399 8,159,857 1,100.844 562.800 147.400 795.072 53,800 96.500 424. 600 442,721 1.022 856.114 401.440 5,964,000 San Marino Servia "16,002' eii' Japan 1,125,000 13,399,062 1900800 3L600.4JO Portugal Netherlands 428,130 67.000 109,007 437.259 "'1,680,622 267,046 Norway Sweden Denmark Belgium Switzerland 1,544.000 50,114 1,930 7,473 1.544.666 920,962 "'440,435' 1,544,000 1,388,586 Turkey Arabia Egypt 562.770 376 519,830 720,133 Abyssinia Persia 85,200 Liberia 12.000 7,835,617 8.638.630 12,542,772 347 140,000 98.000 Hongkong 23,836,427 10,636.955 2,773,428 347 65,964 3.150,000 China.... 632.500 Indo-China 579,232 4,589,800 347 217,000 39,804 Tunis 232 Canada Newfoundland Costa Rica 465,433 Argentina 982,715 Bolivia 1.508,087 2,704,831 1,189.282 449,807 552,480 623,687 1.348.094 120.000 Peru 195.i6i Colombia Ecuador 169 798 Chile 5.424,686 677,877 49 British Honduras 20.000 606,071 Santo Domingo 1,415,102 Porto Rico 167.240 German East Africa 392 127440 174,900 Monaco 386.000 Straits Settlements 453,554 193.000 598,655 134,000 452,01)0 Kongo State Morocco 873,'ffl9 50.000 150,000 606,918 Mauritius Ceylon Siam 3322 752 302 5.329,042 Total $195,899,517 $159,540,027 $437,72.2,992 $167,790,006 $395,477,905 $149,282,936 * Rupee calculated at coining rate, $0.4737. t Silver ruble calculated at coining rate. $0.7718. t Ruble calculated at coining rate, $0.5145f>6. Ukase Jan. 3, 1897. Florin calculated at coining rate, $0.4052. under the coinage act of Aug. 2. 1892. GOLD AND SILVER. 47 COINS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1793-1899. Authority for coining and changes in weight and fineness, total amount coined, legal-tender quality. GOLD COIXS. agles Authorized to be coined, act of March 3. 1849; weight. 516 grains; fineness, .900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $1.460,333,360. Full legal tender. Eagles Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight. 270 grains; fineness, .916%; weight changed, act of June 28. 1834, to 268 grains; fineness changed, act of June 28, 1834, to .899225; fineness changed, actof Jan. 18, 1837, to .900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $297,281.820. Kull legal tender. Half -Eagles Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792: weight. 135 grains; fineness, .916%; weight changed, act of June 28, 1834. to 129 grains; fineness changed, actof June 28, 1834, to .899225; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .90i). Total amount coined to June 30, 1899. .}!25t.537.490. Full legal tender. Quarter-Eagle Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 67.5 grains; fineness, .916%; weight changed, act of June 28, 1834, to 64.5 grains; fineness changed, act of June 28, 1834, to .899225; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .900. Total amount coined to J une 30, 1899, $28,879,620. Full leeal tender. Three-Dollar Piece Authorized to be coined, act of Feb. 21, 1853; weight, 77.4 grains; fine- ness. .900; coinage discontinued, act of Sept. 26. 1890. Total amount coined, 11,619,376. Full legal tender. One Dollar Authorized to be coined, act March 3, 1849; weight, 25.8 grains; fineness, .900; coinage discontinued.act of Sept. 26, 1890. Total amount coined, $19,499.337. Full legal tender. SILVER COINS. Dollar Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 416 grains; fineness, .892.4; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 412^ grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .900; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined to Feb. 12, 1873, $8.031,238. Coinage reauthorized, act of Feb. 28, 1878. Coinage discontinued after July 1, 1891, except for certain purposes, act July 14, 1890. Amount coined to June 30, l899,$4S8.282.4t>9. Full legal tender except when otherwise provided in the contract. Trade Dollar Authorized to be coined, act of Feb. 12, 1873; weight, 420 grains; fineness, .900; legal tender limited to $o, act of June 22, 1874 (rev. stat.); coinage limited to export de- mand and legal-tender quality repealed, joint resolution, July 22, 1876; coinage discontinued, act Feb. 19, 1887. Total amount coined, $35,- 965.924. Half-Dollar Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight. 20-4 grains; fineness, .892.4; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 206*4 grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853, to 192 grains; weight changed, act of Feb. 12, 1873, to 12 V^ grams, or 192.9 grains. Total amount coined to June 30, Ih99, $142,144,703. Legal tender, $10. Columbian Half-Dollar Authorized to be coined, actof Aug. 5. 1892; weight. 192.9 grains; fineness, .900. Total amount coined, $2,501,- U52.fj0. Legal tender, $10. Quarter-Dollar Authorized to be coined, act of April 2. 1792; weight, 104 grains; fineness, .892.4; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837. to 103HS grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837. to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853. to 96 grains; weight changed, act of Feb. 12, 1873, to 6^ grams, or 9H.45 grains. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $58,957,135. Legal tender. $10. Columbian Quarter-Doll nr Authorized to be coined.act of March3. 1893; weight. 9.'..4;; grains; fineness. .900. Total amount coined. $10,005.75. Legal tender, $10. Twenty-Cent Piece Authorized to be coined, act of March 3. 1875; weight, 5 grams, or 77.16 grains; fineness. .900; coinage prohibited, act of May 2. 1878. Total amount coined, $271.000. Dime Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight. 41.6 grains; fineness, .892.4; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 41^ grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18. 1837, to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853, to 38.4 grains: weight changed, act of Feb. 12, 1873. to 2^ grams, or 38.58 grains. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $33,215,762.80. Legal tender, $10. HaZf-Dtme-Authorized to be coined, act of April2, 1792; weight. 20.8 grains; fineness. .892.4; weight changed, act of Jan. 18, 1837, to 20^ grains; fineness changed, act of Jan. 18. 1857. to .900; weight changed, act of Feb. 21, 1853, to 19.2 grains; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $4,880,219.40. Three-Cent Piece Authorized to be coined, actof March 3. 1851; weight. 12% grains; fine- ness, .750; weight changed, act of March 3, 1853, to 11.52 grains; fineness changed, act of March 3, 1853. to .900; coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $1,282.- 087.20. MINOR COINS. Five-Cent (nickel) Authorized to be coined, act of May 16, 1866; weight, 77.16 grains, com- posed of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $16.429.808.50. Legal tender for $1, but reduced to 25 cents by act of Feb. 12, 1873. Three-Cent (nickel) Authorized to be coined, actof March 3, 1865; weight, 30 grains, com- posed of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel. Total amount coined. $941.349.48. Le- gal tender for 60 cents, but reduced to 25 cents by act Feb. 12. 1873. Coinage discontinued, act of Sept. 26, 1890. Two-Cent (bronze) Authorized to be coined, actof April 22, 1864; weight, 96 grains, com- posed of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. Coinage discontinued, act of Feb. 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $912,020. Cent (copper) Authorized to be coined, act of April 2, 1792; weight, 264 grains; weight changed, act of Jan. 14, 1793, to 208 grains; weight changed by proclamation of the presi- dent, Jan. 26, 1796. in conformity with act of grains: coinage discon- 21, 1857. Total amount March 3, 1795, to tinued, act of Fe coined, $1,562,887.44. Cent (nickel) Authorized to be coined, act of Feb. 21. 1857; weight, 72 grains, composed of 88 per cent copper and 12 per cent nickel. Coin- age discontinued, act of April 22, 1864. Total amount coined, $2.007,720. Cent (bronze) Coinage authorized, act of April 22. 1864; weight, 48 grains, composed of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. Total amount coined to June 30, 1899, $12,937,- 848.42. Legal tender, 25 cents. Half-Cent (copper) Authorized to be coined. actof April 2, 1792; weight. 132 grains; weight changed, act of Jan. 14. 1793, to 104 grains; \ weightchanged by proclamation of the presi-i dent, Jan. iti. 1796. in conformity with act of coinage discon- amount March 3, 1795. to 84 grains; conag tinued. act of Feb. 21, 1857. Total coined, $39.92(5.11. TOTAL COINAGE. Gold.... $2,059.151,003.00 Silver... 764.999,300.40 Minor. . . 31.260.952.51 Total.. $2.855.41 1.255.91 COINAGE 1899. Gold $108,177,180.00 Silver 27,721.586.65 Minor.... 956.91014 Total '99, $136.855,676.79 48 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES. Upon a per capita basis 1871-99. YEAR. Popula- tion, June 1. GOVERNMENT FINANCE (Per Capita). i 1 GOLD AND SILVER. u 111 PBW= 1871 1872 1873 '4 1875 1876 1877 1878 39,555.000 40.51)6.000 41.677.000 42.796.000 43,951.000 45.137.000 46.353.000 47.59S.OOU 48 866.(iOO iO.155.783 "1,316.""" $18.75 18. $18.10*56.81 7$ 18.19 52.9( 50.52 18.58 18.04 18.13 17.16 18.83 18.lt 17.52 16.46 15.58 16.62 15.32 21.52 24.0 27.41 31.06 16. 19.41 21.71 22.37 22.91 22.65) 26.20 32.37 23.02 21.50 21.82 22.34 32.391 22.45 20.03 34.40 33.80 22.52 34.24 22.82 34.31 23.41 36.21 34.75 35.44 34.36 32.86 24.44 23.87 24. 33 35.39 24.71 13.81 36.12 25.001 15.20 49.17 47.53 45.66 43.56 42.01 40.85 38.27 35.46 31.91 $2.83 2.: 2.35 2.31 2.20 2.11 2.01 1.99 1.71 1.59 1.46 15 92 14.22 13.32 12.86 12.55 13 I 22.96 12.93 21.10 13.41 $7. 6.84 6.97 7.07 6.25 5.87 5.21 4.98 5.46 5.34 5.07 4.89 4.90 4.39 4.64 4.15 4.47 4.33 4.38 4.7 5.5 5.2 6.87 6.48 5.11 4.91 5.02 5.96 7.97 $0.84 .74 .70 .71 .56 1.04 1.1 1.13 1.27 1.33 1.45 1.71 1.85 2.16 1.96 1.94 1.98 1 .91 .87.2 15.57 15.63 15.92 16.1 16.59 17.88 17. 2-; 17.91 18.40 18.05 18.16 18.19 18.64 18.57 19.41 20.78 21. 21. 22. 19.76 20.92 A. 31. 30.32 34.28 35.03 34.36 .935 1.046 .988 .871 .780 .635 .654 .682 .604 .590 $0.93.2 .86.7 .87.9 .86.5 .86.1 .84.5 .79.8 .76 .74 .72.1 .74.9 .80.6 .72.4 .65 .49.1 .50.6 .52.8 .46.8 .45.6 46.5 YEAR. COINAGE PER CAPITA OP- PRODUC- TION PEH CAPITA OF 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 .". 1878 1879 1880 1881 1890. 1892 1893 ..... 1895 ... 1.37 .82 .75 1.03 1 1.24 1.89 1.26 .54 .44 .49 .51 .41 .52 .35 .33 .46 .53 1 1.05! 1.41 $0.08 $1 :S .16 .35 .54 $0.58 $3.62 $5.30$ .86 .87 .72 .86 .86 .53 1.05 .52 1.13 .52 1.18 .50i 1.15 1.16 1.14 1.14 1.04 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. 49 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF THE U. S.-CONTINUED. EXPORTS. Domestic merchandise. Per cent of domestic products exported. CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA. YEAR. u Agricultu- ral prod- ucts, trial exports. Cotton. 1 i ill |i 1 6 i i 1 Distilled spirits. i* | Per ct. Lbs. Bu. Bu. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Pf.ql. Gal. Gal. 1871.. . . 1872.. . . 10.83 0.55 70.74 74.13 72.39 67.44 22.30 16.88 .98 13.60 78.96 71.23 14.10 11.10 4.69 4.79 27.40 21.09 36.2 40.4 7.91 7.28 .14 .46 1.62 6.10 6.66 .40 .41 1873.. . . 12.12 76.10 65.47 20.80 3.68 85.70 15.19 4.81 22.86 39.8 6.87 .53 1 63 7.21 .45 1874.. . 13.31 79.37 70.03 32.54 3.86 73.06 13.60 4.46 20.95 41.5 6.59 .27 1 51 7.00 .48 1875.. . 11.36 76.95 70.69 28.60 3.53 58.13 11.90 5.38 18.66 43.6 7.08 .44 L50 6.71 .45 1876.. . 11.64 71.67 70.75 25.34 3.86 56.77 14.77 4.89 28.14 35.2 7.33 .35 1.33 6.83 .45 1877.. . 1878... . 1879 12.72 14.30 14.29 72.63 77.07 78.12 68.97 71.23 67. ?4 19.73 25.29 :;:>;iii 5.66 6.49 6.33 97.02 72.67 71.47 14.03 13.71 15.90 5.01 5.72 5.58 26.13 26.37 26.61 38.9 34.3 40.7 6.94 624 7.42 .23 .33 .21 1.28 1.09 1.11 6.58 ?:S .47 .47 .50 1880 16.43 83.25 65.73 40.18 6.43 61.17 18.94 5.35 28.88 42.9 8.78 .39 1.27 8.26 .56 1881 17.23 82.63 68.47 87.88 5.46 43.22 19.64 6.09 31.64 44.2 8.25 .54 1.38 8.65 .47 1882 13.97 75.31 67.23 31.82 58.85 16.15 4.98 21.92 48.4 8.30 .47 1.40 10.03 .49 18b3 1884... 14.98 13.20 77.00 73.98 67.20 67.56 29.38 26.49 2'.58 2.99 47.22 62.35 20.80 16.30 6.64 5.64 29.24 27.40 51.1 53.4 9.'26 1.46 1.48 10.27 10.74 .48 37 1885... . 2.94 72. 96 (58.96 25i86 2.95 67.24 15.16 6.77 31.04 51.8 9.60 !l8 10.62 .39 1886 1.60 72 82 61.68 26.48 3.35 76.07 19.59 4.57 32.60 56.9 9.36 .37 1 2 11.20 .45 1887 11.98 74.40 68.71 33.66 2.48 60.13 16.84 5.17 27.68 52.7 8.53 .49 1 21 11.23 .55 1888 11.40 73.23 65.83 1.74 57.77 19.59 5.62 23.86 56.7 6.81 .40 l'.26 12.80 .61 1889 11.92 72.87 69.33 2l! 31 3.57 63.30 17.22 5.34 31.28 51.8 9.16 .29 1.32 12.72 .56 1890 13.50 74.51 68.15 22.31 4.85 53.09 18.50 6.09 32.09 52.8 7.83 .33 1.40 13.67 .46 1891 13.63 73.69 67.36 26.60 2.15 43.80 22.02 4.58 22.79 66.1 7.99 .21 1.42 15.28 .45 1892 15.53 78.69 65.13 ;;>;>s 3.72 37.35 24.03 5.91 30.33 63.5 9.61 1.50 15.10 .44 1893 12.44 74.05 (55.99 37.20 2.89 45.10 17.0V 4.85 2's'.m 63.4 8.24 3S 1.51 16.08 .48 1894 1895 12.73 11.37 72.28 69.73 71.20 69.83 41.47 31.46 4.11 2.3b 53.26 50.76 15.91 22.48 3.41 4.54 22.76 16.98 66.0 62.6 8.01 9.22 ;& 1.3S 1.12 15.18 14.95 .31 .28 1896 12.11 66.02 65.00 -'7. 1 IT 8.78 47.44 18.46 4.78 14.73 61. b 8.04 .31 1.00 15.16 .26 1897 14.17 66.23 70.59 83.93 7.83 44.78 18.46 3.88 28.91 64.5 9.95 .55 1.01 14.69 .53 1&98 ift.fr 70.54 67.82 40.91 11.14 47.17 25.26 4.21 22.73 81.1 11.45 .91 1.10 15.64 .28 1899 15.84 65.20 65.87 32.97 9.21 45.73 27.14 5.95 22.98 16.7 10.55 .96 1.15 14.96 .35 CONSUMPTION wfc . 2 POSTOFFICE PUBLIC *- OF RAW WOOL. f|T H-|1 DEPARTMENT. SCHOOLS. fil 5 I I I 9? t g i-, S^ 10 ^ *i& YEAR. 4 *5 'o'ei 1 ^'t s =. . B -2 i 2 2I*S trtH~* *^S f 111 i*il li li 11 111 I iPi P 44 III till r P P till! Lbs. Per cent. Per cent. Millions. 1871 ... 5.73 29.4 + .85 31.9 $0.51 $0.62 12.3 $5.62 32.24 1872 6.75 45.3 + 3.62 29.2 .54 .66 12.6 5.90 38.89 i 1873 5.67 33.2 + 5.82 26.4 .55 .70 12.8 5.95 42.53 1874 4.81 17.5 + 2.23 27.2 .62 .75 13 1 6.11 28.00 is;5 5.28 22.1 + 1.10 26.2 .61 .79 13.4 6.23 19.70 1876 5.21 18.3 11.83 27.7 .63 6.06 14.33 1 1877 5 16 16 3 ' .86 26 9 .59 *72 14*0 5 67 11 67 1.S78 5.28 16.9 .70 26.3 .62 '.72 14^4 5.49 11.12 1879 5.03 14.2 1.02 23.0 .62 .69 14.7 5.18 14.02 '1880 6.11 34.9 -2.43 17.4 .66 .73 15.1 5.17 35.45 18M 5.66 17.3 .25 16.5 .72 .77 15.4 5.43 57.71 6.36 19.0 + 2.66 15.8 .80 .77 15.7 5.67 66.92 i 1683 6.62 18.7 + 1 67 16 .85 .81 16.0 18H4 (i 85 20 6 + .84 17.2 .79 .86 16.4 /' 90 42* ^S 1885 6.69 18.0 - .12 15.3 .76 .89 16.7 eiei 3L96 18H6 7.39 28.9 -3.16 15.5 .77 .88 17.1 . 6.63 2(5. 61 1887 . . . 6.8 27.4 14.3 .83 .91 17.4 6.65 38.41 1888 . . . 6.31 28.9 + 2! 10 14.0 .88 .94 17.8 6.98 42.26 1889 1890 6.33 6.03 31.8 27.0 + 2.74 + 2 71 14.3 12.9 .92 .97 1.01 .11 18.2 18.5 7.28 7.60 34.06 34 16 1891 . 6 43 30 8 + 5.88 13.5 1.03 .14 18.8 7.85 41.41 1892 6.72 33.1 + 1.71 12.3 1.08 .19 19.2 8.12 43.63 1893 7.05 + 1.26 12.2 .14 .26 19.6 8.31 35.34 1894 5.08 14'.2 -2.90 13.3 .10 .25 20.1 8.49 21.70 1895. . 6.5>2 46.1 - - 1.02 11.7 .10 .29 20.4 8.60 21.19 189(5 6.88 45.9 + 1.47 12.0 .16 .32 20.9 8.84 22.73 1S97 8.26 57.8 4- 1.38 11.0 .11 .32 21.1 8.98 14.09 1898 5.34 48.09 .40 9.03 1.20 .36 21.4 9.04 14.49 1899 4.40 32.8 + 2.41 8.90 1.25 .38 * 19.22 *No data. 50 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. RAILROAD BUILDING. [From Poor's Railroad Manual.] Number of miles of railroad In operation in each state and territory of the United States dur- ing the years ended Dec. 31, named in the heading. STATES AXJ> GROUPS OF STATES. 1880. 1893. 1892. 1893. 1895. 1897. 1898. 1899. Ne^v England. Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island . . 1.005 1,015 914 1,915 210 923 5,982 1.377.47 1,146.89 988.45 2,096.69 234.43 1,006.64 6,840.57 1,101.64 1,061.33 995.01 2,126.69 223.48 1.086.54 6,914.69 1.515.00 1,155.88 986.54 2,121.26 227.46 1,013.22 7.019.36 1.704.71 1,178.44 974.99 2,126.05 226.37 1,014.09 7,224.65 1,754.77 1,173.54 985.74 2,120.29 223.03 1,008.15 7.265.52 1.897.98 U74.M 987.36 2,107.59 223.03 1,008.15 7,380.72 1.917.21 1,174.61 999.86 2,111.42 219.19 L025.40 7,447.69 Connecticut Total Middle Atlantic. New York 5,991 1,684 6,191 275 1,040 15,181 7,745.85 2,062.81 8,700.58 314.95 1,270.04 20.66 20,114.^9 8.116.10 2,201.91 9,159.45 314.94 1,289.44 5J0.66 21,102.50 8,110.51 2,176.10 9,435.56 315.44 1,300.80 20.66 21.359.07 8,205.26 2,208.07 9.661.54 315.44 . 1,291.54 22.88 21.704.73 8,241.15 2.229.98 9,965.49 349.10 1,315.04 22.88 22,123.64 8,152.64 2,243.02 9,938.74 350.11 1,325.04 24.88 22.ttW.43 8.12(5.17 2,236.62 10,130.33 349.11 1,339.44 24.88 22,206.55 ' Pennsylvania Delaware.. Maryland ) District of Columbia. ) Total Central Northern. Ohio 5,792 3,938 4,373 7,851 3,155 25,109 7.987.99 7,lOi.lo 1,106.19 10,129.65 5,614.95 36.944.93 8,351.88 7,440.95 6,292.12 10,439.53 5,927.97 38.362.45 8,558.74 7.492.33 6,321.07 10.428.19 5,970.07 38,770.40 8.699.12 7,561.89 6,416.03 10,610.5<> 6,105.89 39.393.52 8,766.79 7.823.11 6,421.37 10,785.43 6,315.44 40.112,14 8,844.10 7.948.97 6,440.92 10.815.06 6,380.69 40,429.74 8,877.51 8.027.66 6.496.37 10,988.89 6,459.43 40.849.86 | Michigan Indiana. Illinois ... Wisconsin Total South Atlantic. Virginia. 1,893 691 1.4S6 1,427 2,459 518 _8,474 1,530 1,843 1,843 1,127 652 6,995 3,965 859 3,244 3,400 1,570 758 289 14,085 3,367.65 1,433.30 3,128.17 2,296.65 4.592.83 2,489.52 17,308.12 3,57.69 1,806.19 3,229.57 2,545.3.) 4,946.39 2,676.88 19,781.02 3,590.99 1.883.33 3,351131 2,561.72 5,083.02 2,840.26 19,312.63 3,603.38 2,075.16 3,397.45 2.622.55 5.210.04 3,059.05 19,967.63 3,628.70 2,161.19 3,477.65 2.666.07 5,414.01 3,149.13 20,496.75 3,674.53 2.199.51 3,573.27 2,655.45 5,542.70 3,100.65 20.746.11 3,674.45 2,230.47 3,656.33 2,791.59 5,598.41 3,234.15 21.232.40 West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Total Gulf and Miss. Valley. Kentucky . 2,94638 2,798.98 3,422.20 2,470.85 1,749.95 13,388.36 2,997.23 3,M4.2 3,595.76 2,448.37 1.967.09 14,072.71 3,051.25 3.091.43 3.627.89 2,453.22 1,992.84 14,222.63 3,656.28 3,116.54 3,064.45 2.497.78 2,107.08 14,442.13 3,086.09 3,106.82 3,806.75 2,645.08 2,274.19 14.918.93 3.906.24 2,691 .38 3,069.35 3,086.46 2,519.44 15.272.87 4,051.18 2.787.63 3,131.42 3.083.38 2,664.06 15,717.67 Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Total Southwestern. Missouri Arkansas Texas 6,142.02 2,213.44 8,709.85 8,900.11 4,291.11 1,388.77 1,260.65 32,905.95 6,360.56 2,310.67 9,040.73 8,893.83 4,451.52 1,429.57 1,375.02 33,861.90 6,464.30 2.369.91 9,184.61 8,931.28 4,488.22 1,439.50 1,379.14 34,256.96 6,571.58 2,439.20 9,434.12 8.875.25 4,503.19 1,505.03 1,152.50 431.17 34,912.04 6,695.41 2,650.69 9.579.64 8,843.21 4,575.86 1,502.07 1,202.03 484.97 35.533.88 6.810.65 2,823.29 9.657.93 8,796.97 4,608.85 1,612.94 1,263.60 604.97 36,179.20 6,881.15 3,088.27 9,722.46 8,749.16 4,616.51 1,787.83 1,339.45 757.57 36,942.40 Colorado i New Mexico Indian Territory ( Oklahoma ) Total Northwestern. Iowa 5.400 3,151 1.953 1,225 512 10* 12,347 8,416.14 5,545.35 5,407.47 2,116.49 2,610.41 1,002.93 2,195.58 27,249.37 8,506.00 5,874,08 5,524 28 2,315.24 2,707.89 1,150.13 2,667.87 28,745.49 8,513.44 5,944.58 5,564.32 2,517.20 2,792.15 1,157.62 2,721.63 29.210.94 8.523.13 6.057.67 5,542.27 2,534.71 2,800.80 1,177.93 2,828.55 29.405.06 8.513.91 6.176.76 5,538.73 2,603.95 2.801.41 l,177-.93 2,906.90 29.719.50 8,555.42 6,402.87 5.538.57 2,661 99 2,813.42 1.17057 2,9; 1.06 30.113.90 9,113.50 6,769.76 5.594.03 2,705.02 2,825.42 1,211.55 3,008.27 31,227.55 Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota ) South Dakota i Wyoming -. Montana Total Pacific. California 2,195 fitt 289 739 349 842 206 5,128 98:2% 4,336.4-> 1,45553 1,998.65 J2:5.!8 1,0:14.81 1,265.49 946.11 12,020.22 166,817.41 4,623.65 1.521.82 2,722.13 423.23 1,161.97 1,356.59 1,073.29 13,382.68 175,223.44 4,692.39 1,527.19 2,837.52 932.23 1.161.97 1,369.08 1,089.99 13.601.37 4,757.55 1,513.66 2,820.05 915.62 1,412.20 1,404.29 1,087.79 13,911.66 5.198.71 1.553.23 2,811.91 1)08.37 1.412.63 1.4i.22 1,111.67 14,432.74 2.809.85 1,615.88 5,292.02 920.37 1,118.89 1,416.18 1,479.53 14,652.79 2.891.61 1,631.88 5,455.42 920.37 1,271.34 1.465.40 1,573.27 15.209.29 Oregon Washington Nevada Utah Idaho Total United States U7.753.36 181.061.42 184.603.19 186.809.69 190,833.41 1 KECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT. 51 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT-1868-1900. REVENUE BY FISCAL TEARS. TEAK Customs. Internal revenue. Direct tax. Sales of public lands. MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES Total revenue. Excess of revenue over ordi- nary ex- penditures Prem's on loans and sales of gold coin. Of her mis- cellaneous items. 18*58. . . 1869... 1870. . . 1871. . . 1872... 1873... 1874... 1875... 1876. . . 1877... 1878. . . 1879. . . 1880... IS: 1883.. 1884.. 1885.. 1886.. 1887.. 1888.. 1889.. 1890.. 1891. . 1892.. 1893.. 1894.. 1895.. 1896.. 1897.. 1898.. 1899.. 1900.. $164.464,600 180.048,427 194,538,374 20(5,270,4(18 21(5,370.287 18S.OS9.523 163,103,834 157,167.722 148.071,985 130,956,493 130.170,t>80 137.250,048 186.522.IW5 198,159,676 220,410,730 214,706,497 195,067,490 181,471,939 193.905.023 217,286,893 219,091,174 223,832,742 229,668,584 219.522,205 177,452.9t>4 203,355,017 131.818.531 152,158.617 160.021,751 176.554,126 149,575,062 206,128,148 233.164,871 1191,087,589 158,356.461 184.8SW.756 143.098,154 ISO.642,178 113.729,314 102.409,7a-> 110,007,494 116.700,732 118.fi30.408 110.581.625 113.561,611 124,009,374 135.264,386 146.497,595 144,720,369 121.58(5.073 112.498,726 116.805,936 118.823.391 124,296,872 130,881,514 142,606,70=-) 145.tJ86.249 153.971.072 161,027,624 147.111,232 143.421.672 146.762.864 146,6(58,774 170.900,641 273.437.161 295.327,926 $1,788,146 765,686 229.103 580,355 $1,348,715 4.020,344 3.350,482 2,388.(S47 2,575,714 2,882,312 1,852.429 1,413,640 1,129,467 976,254 1.079,743 924,781 1,016,507 2.201.863 4.753,140 7,935,864 9,810,705 5,705,986 5.630.999 9.254,286 11,202,017 8.038,6-i2 6,358.272 4.029,535 3.261,876 3.182,090 1.673637 $29.203,629 13,755,491 15.295,644 8.892.840 9,412,638 11.560,531 5.037,665 3.979,280 4,029.281 405,777 317.102 1,505,048 110 $17,745,404 18,997.339 12,942,118 22,093,541 15.106,051 17,161,270 17,075,043 15,431,915 17,456,776 18,031,655 15,614,728 20,585,697 3l!703!(543 30,796.695 21,984,882 24,014,055 20,989.528 26.005,815 24,674,44(5 24,297.151 24.447,419 23,374.457 20.251,872 18.253.898 17,118,618 16,706,438 19.186,060 23.614,422 83.602.501 34,716,730 35,911,170 $405,638,083 370,943,747 411,255,478 383.323.945 374,106.8(58 333,738,205 289,478,755 288.000.051 287,482,039 269,000.587 257,763,879 273,827,184 4031525,259 398,287,582 348.519.870 333,690,706 336,439,727 371,403,278 879,266,075 387.050.059 403,080,982 392,612.447 354,397,784 385.818,629 297,722,019 313,390,075 326,976,200 347,721,905 405,321.335 515,960,620 567,240,8ol $28,297,798 48,078,469 101.601,917 91,146,757 96,588,905 43,392,959 2,344,882 13,376,658 29,022,242 30,340,578 20,799,552 6,879,:*! 65,883,653 100,069,405 63;463!771 93,956,589 103,471,098 111,341,274 87,701,081 85,040,272 26^38,542 9,914,454 2,341,674 *69.803,260 *42,805,223 *25.203,245 *18.052,254 *38.047.247 89,111,559 79,527,060 315,255 93,799 ,,5?! 160,142 108,157 70,721 108.240 32.892 1,566 1,103^47 1.005,523 864.581 1.243,129 1,678,246 2,836,882 :::::::::::: * Expenditures in excess of revenue. EXPENDITURES BY FISCAL YEARS. YEAR IVIL AND MISC'LLANEOUS War depart- ment. Navy depart- ment. Indians. Pensions. Interest on public debt. Total ordi- nary ex- penditures Prem. on loans, pur- chase of bonds, etc. Other civil and mis- cellaneous items. 1868... 1869. . . 1870. . . 1871... 1872. . . 1873... 1874... 1875. . . 1876. . . $7,001,151 1,674,680 15.996,556 9.016,795 6,958.267 5,105.920 1,39:>,074 $53,009,868 5(5,474,062 53.237,462 60,481.916 6U.984.757 73,328,110 (59,641,593 71.070.703 66.958,374 5(5,252,067 53,177,704 65,741.555 54,713,530 64,416,325 57,219,751 68,678,022 70.920,434 87,494,258 74.166,930 85,264,826 72,952,261 80,6*54,064 81,403,25(5 110,048,167 99,846,988 103,732,799 101,943,730 93,279,730 87.216.234 90.401,267 9o,520.505 119,191,255 105,773,190 $123,246,649 78.501.991 57.655,675 35.799.992 35.372.157 46,328,138 42,315,927 41.120,646 3S,070.8S9 37,082,73(5 32.154.148 40,425.661 38,11(5,916 40.4(56,461 43,570.494 48,911.383 39,429.f)03 42,070,578 84,324,153 38,561,026 38,522.436 44,435,271 44,582.838 48,720,065 46,895,45f 49,641.773 54.567.930 51.804,759 60.830.920 48.950.267 91,992,000 229.841,254 134,774,767 $25.775,503 20.000,758 21.780,230 19,431,027 21.249,810 23.526,257 30.932,587 21,497.626 18,963.310 14,939.935 17.365.301 15,125.127 13,536,985 15,686,672 15,032,04(5 15,283,437 17.292,601 16,021,080 13,907,888 15.141,127 16,926.438 21,378,809 22,000,201; 26,113.89(5 29,174,139 30,136,084 31.701,294 28,797.795 27,147,732 34,561,546 68,823,667 63,942,104 55,953,077 $4,100,682 7,042,923 3,407,938 7,426,997 7,061,729 7,051,705 6.692,462 8.384,657 5,9(56,558 5,277,007 4.629,280 5,206,109 5,945.457 6,514,161 9,736,747 7,362,590 6,475,999 6,552.495 6,099,158 6,194,523 6,249-303 6,892,208 6.708,047 8,527,469 11.150.578 13,345.347 10.293,482 9,939,754 12,165.528 13.016.802 10,994.667 12,805,711 10,175,106 $23,782,387 28,476.662 28,340,202 34,448,895 28.533,403 29,359,427 29,038,415 29,456,216 28,257,39(5 27,963,752 27,137,019 35.121,482 56,777,174 50.059,280 61.315,194 66,012,574 55,429.228 56,102,267 63,404,8(54 75.029.102 80.288.509 87.624,779 105,93(5.855 124,415,951 134.583,053 159,357.585 141.177,285 141,395,228 139.434,000 141.053.164 147,452.368 139,394,929 140,877,316 $140,424,046 130,694,243 129,235,498 125,576,566 117,357,840 104,750,688 107,119,815 103,093,545 100,243,271 97,124,512 102,500,875 105,327.949 95,757,575 82.508.741 71,077,207 59.160,131 54,578,378 51,386,256 50,580,146 47,741,577 44,715,007 41.001,484 3(5,099.284 37,547,135 23,378,116 27,264,392 27,841.406 30,978,030 135.385.028 37,791,110 37.585.a5t; 39,896,925 40,160,333 $377,340,285 322,865,278 809,653.561 292,177.188 277,517,963 290,345.245 287,133.873 274,623.893 258,459,797 238,660,009 236,9(54.327 266.947,883 267,642,958 260,712,888 257,981,440 265,408,138 244.126,244 260,226,9135 242.488,138 E, 932,180 ,924,801 ,288,978 318,040,711 365,773,905 345,023,330 383,477,954 365.195,298 356,195,296 352,179,448 365.774,159 443,868,582 605,072,179 487,713,791 1877 1878. . . 1879. . . 1880... 1881... 1882... 1883. . . 1884... 2,795,320 1,061,249 1885... 1886... K 1889... 1890... 1891... 1892 .. 8.270,842 17,292,363 20.304,244 10,401.221 1893... 1894... 1895. . . 1896... 1897 1898... 1899 . 1 1900. . . 52 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. BANE CLEARINGS At ninety cities of the United States and Canada for nine months, 1899-1S "Bradstreet's." 00, as reported by CLEARING HOUSE. 1900. 1899. CLEARING HOUSE. 1900. 1899. Boston... $4433 840.382 233,928,100 95,943.212 55.300.241 49,131.969 47,735,580 40,410,885 29.636.332 19,897.260 15,966,612 $5220.997.042 238.763.800 102,535,167 66.249,114 65.301,791 58,934.536 57.74<>,129 33,185,446 25,693,389 20.394.939 Springfle Total N St. Louis Kansas C St. Josepl Fort Wor Topeka. . Wichita. Houston" Galvestoi Total S Baltimor New Orle Richmon Savanna Washingl Memphis Id, 111 orthwestern... $17.267,628 $15,864,792 Providenc Hartford. New Hav< Springflel Worcestei Portland, Fall Rivei Lowell. . New Bedl Total N New York Philadelp Pittsburg Buffalo . Rochester Syracuse Scranton Wilmingt e 6,319,392,211 6.005,656,855 1,213,927.179 542,119.279 161,169,389 69,482.327 27.888.871 19,504,055 246,375,502 205241200 1,195,934,735 456,374.390 114,407.048 66,973,986 21,794.846 18,24'J.M),-, 216,386X17 237 758500 d itv Me ... th ord.... jwEng 36406.796.197 3,440,439.937 1,189.327,555 190.389,883 77,984,594 42,467,649 42,481,387 35 915 349 45203.999,536 3,572,456,208 1,102,492,029 180.041.712 75.553.962 42,628.970 40,326,698 32928 388 Duthwestern... 2,034,091,100 1,873,734,809 hia 798.632,878 Ht52,178,237 128.6o5.119 167.927 .069 96,146.337 92.091.4(W 64,731.831 57,040.416 48.648.401 43.697,039 21.376.037 31,559.426 23,903,000 9,525,872 15,086,372 936,248,233 309.99C. 7.V. 125,067.421 87,829.'. -27 : 88,610,975 71,156,4:>si 55,698,178 43.294,147 48,414,707 88,303.987 21.919.^17 23,132. K'> 18,745,000 8,458. i:;7 13,686.467 ans d i .on Binghamt Total M Cincinnat Cleveland Detroit... on., iddle... l.... 15,353,600 41441,156,151 417!838;437 317,663.043 314,787.933 236,275,892 8f>.338,000 46.749.726 43.349,098 16.620,636 15.135,330 17,324,260 12,968,723 11,528,983 10,451,489 38,748,675 196,566.100 2,173,107,025 14,145,100 502(54,572,603 538.382,200 376.375,284 306.965.025 299.874,153 221,993.931 80,167,826 42,387,014 37,206.060 14,259.325 13,202,658 15.015,880 12,811,672 10.501,851 9,560.133 39.314,686 187.244,390 2,018.017,698 Norfolk Nashville Augusta. Knoxvill< Birmingh 3 Louisville Indianapt Toledo, O Grand R Dayton... Jacksonv Chattano Total S San Fran Denver . . Salt Lakt Seattle... Portland Los Ange Spokane, ille >lis oga. . . . ipieis outhern 1,961,199.552 1,885,456.384 739,080,835 159.839,602 83,273,433 95.237.118 75,218,566 91,930.499 41.309.050 38.493.727 22,736,951 1 347 119 781 692,649,738 123.551,579 88,190.<>45 72.489,874 63,465.344 64.619.805 45,288,484 31,125.592 22,714.422 1 204 104 483 Lexingtoi Kalamazo Akron . . . i o ;. Youngstoi Springflel Canton, O Bvansvill Columbus Total W Chicago. . Minneapo Omaha.. . Milwauke St. Paul. Peoria Des Moin Ore a, o.... les Wash.. e estern. Helena 5,015,017,173 401,461.710 235,011.240 218.491,728 184,111.964 75,939.495 55,230.834 42.293,276 311977,949 11,552,354 11,617,195 5,548,883 5,286,623 6.584.159 4.818.086,054 356,733,781 214,379,831 206.150,621 166,156,894 72,644,629 52.527,613 35.920,788 31,012.850 10.425,657 10.821.989 5,129,499 4,800,271 5.001,586 Gd. total United States. Outside New York Canada. Montreal Toronto Winnipeg 60297,856.393 69141.344.186 23900,060,196 23937,344,1550 e es 532,990,433 370,574,485 75,285.005 56,538.336 29,296,106 27.552.819 33.528,956 23 376 653 584,712,396 366.194.309 67,695,674 50.111.300 29,270,175 23,947,935 29,934.r,27 24 852 70 Davenpor Rockford, Fargo, N. Sioux Fal Fremont, Hastings. t 111.. D Is, S. D Neb.... Neb.... Halifax., Hamilton St. John,] Vancouv Victoria, Total C S.B. . 2r, B. C file.... anada. . 1,149,142.793 1,176.728,136 *Not included in totals because containing other items than clearings. FAILURES AND AGGREGATE LIABILITIES--1879-1900. [From Dun's Review, New York.] CALEN- DAR YEARS. No. of fail- ures. No. of concerns in business. Per ct. of fail- ures. Liabil- ities. CALEN- DAR YEARS. No. of fail- ures. No. of concerns in business. Per ct. of fail- ures. Liabil- ities. 1879. . . . 1880. . . 1881. . 1882. . . 1883. . . 1884. . . 1885. . . 1886. . . 1837. . . 6.658 4.735 5.582 6,738 9,184 10,968 10,637 9834 9,634 10,679 10,882 702,157 746.823 781,689 822.256 863,993 904.759 919,990 969.841 994.281 1,046,662 1,051,140 .95 .63 .71 .82 1.06 1.21 1.16 1.01 .90 1.02 1.04 $98.149,053 65,752,000 81.155,932 101.547,546 172,874,172 226,343,427 124,220.321 114,644.119 167.560.944 123.829.973 148.784,337 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900* .... 10,907 12,273 10.344 15.242 13,aS5 13.197 15.088 13.351 12.186 9.337 7,093 1,110.590 1.142.951 1,172,705 1,193,113 1.114,174 1.209,282 1,151.579 1.058,521 1,005,830 1,147,595 .98 1.07 .88 :! .09 .31 .26 .10 .81 $189,856,964 189,868,638 114,044.167 8l6.779.Ks'.! 172.992.SY) 173,196,060 228.096,-.: 14 154.332,071 130.6*!2.-'/.< I 90.879.^1) 86,755.988] * First nine months. UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. (JEttcranccs of .State (Eonbenttons. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ^ T vT J ) ^ US u ||^ T o ^ s CONVENTION8 1N 190 ON These extracts are almost invariably taken from the platforms adopted by conventions . illed for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national nominating conventions, it being the case that there is at such more freedom of expression than there is at conventions held after the national gatherings have declared themselves upon public issues. In some of the commonwealths, like Maine and Nevada, democratic delegates were selected at congres- sional district conventions or by political state committees. Where parties are omitted no declarations were made upon the issues in question. THL FINANCES. ALABAMA. REPUBLICAN. We commend congress and the president for enacting into law a currency system which has raised the credit of the United States to the highest of all the nations of the earth of modern or of ancient times, and has thereby redeemed the pledge given to the people in our last national platform. DEMOCRATIC. We believe the Chicago platform adopted In 1896 should be reaffirmed by the party in ts approaching national convention. ARKANSAS. REPUBLICAN. The gold act, unqualifiedly ratifying and permanently establishing the gold standard as the enduring basis of our credit, is the crowning act of republican financial policy. Instead of the contraction predicted by Bryan and his followers, our circulation tias expanded to $2,000,000,000, and our for- eign trade has attained to the same figures. We may justly boast that the administra- tion of William McKinley has made this a "$2,000,000,000 country." The laborer, so long idle and seeking an employer, is now employed at the highest wages ever known, and capital is seeking labor. DEMOCRATIC. We indorse the national platform of the democratic party adopted at Chicago, in its national convention of 1896, and reaffirm the principles therein enunciated. CALIFORNIA. REPUBLICAN. The republican party of the state of Cal- ifornia, by its representatives, pledges it- self anew to those principles of domestic and foreign policy which, under a wise ad- ministration of public affairs, have brought us prosperity at home and honor abroad. DEMOCRATIC. No specific reference was made to the financial question. The convention declared: "We recognize the splendid ability and unswerving integrity of William J. Bryan, and we heartily indorse him for president of the United States, and hereby instruct the delegates elected by this convention to use all honorable means to secure his nom- ination." COLORADO. REPUBLICAN. The present administration has dispelled long business depression, restored the pro- tection of American labor and industry, brought to agriculture an improved condi- tion, made our national currency larger in volume, sure in value and lifted our na- tional credit to the highest plane. DEMOCRATIC. We do hereby reaffirm our devotion to and indorsement of the platform of prin- ciples adopted by the democratic national convention held in Chicago in 1896. We de- mand an American financial system which will require the immediate restoraton of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation, and we commend the course of the Hon. William J'. Bryan in maintaining that issue and keeping the same before the American people. CONNECTICUT. REPUBLICAN. The representatives of the republican party of the state of Connecticut, in con- vention assembled, hereby reaffirm their unwavering allegiance to the sound and patriotic principles contained in the plat- form upon which William McKinley was elected president of the United States. We call the attention of the people of Con necticut to the fact that all important and vital promises made in that platform in relation to the gold standard, currency re- form and the tariff have been strictly kept and made a part of the law of the land by a republican congress, in the face of bitter and almost unanimous democratic opposi tion, thereby again demonstrating to the nation that the republican party, as the party of the people, always fearlessly and unremittingly protects and maintains Amer- ican credit, American industries and the wages of the American laborer. We pledge the republican party to the strict mainte nance of the single gold standard. DELAWARE. REPUBLICAN. (Regular.) We unreservedly indorse the declarations of the St. Louis national convention in re- gard to sound money and the maintenance of the gold standard, and we heartily ap- prove of the recent action of the republican majority in congress, which has given the full force of law to our financial principles and beliefs. REPUBLICAN. (Addicks wing.) We heartily indorse and approve of the recent legislation by congress by which the financial affairs of the nation are placed on a sound, safe, healthy and secure basis, and in view of that legislation we con gratulate ourselves that we, first in stat< convention met on Nov. 4. A. D. 1897, de dared as follows, viz.: "The union re pub lican party believes in sound money (w< 54 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. nean a currency every dollar of which hall be kept at par with every other dol- ar) and a standard in harmony with that f leading commercial nations, so that our oreign and domestic trade may be healthy nd unembarrassed, and our credit may be inquestioned in the money markets of the vorld; and we understand sound money, mder present conditions, to mean a gold tandard with all issues of silver and paper ;ept at a parity therewith by the pledged aith of the government. We believe that ill notes of the government which are pay- ible on demand in gold should be called in, ind that such notes should only be issued vhen gold to the full amount of their face ralue is deposited in the treasury of the Jnited States, to secure the redemption of hem when so issued." And that on Aug. !0, A. D. 1898, again, in state convention net, we also declared as follows, viz. : 'Believing that the money of the govern- ment should be the best in the world and hat its value should be unquestioned every- where, we demand the maintenance by the government of the present gold standard of :he value of said money, that notes of the government payable on demand should be raly issued when gold to the amount of the notes so issued is deposited with the national treasury for the redemption there- of, and that the gold so deposited shall be preserved and kept in such treasury for the sole purpose of redeeming such notes." We again positively affirm those beliefs In re- gard to the financial affairs of the govern- ment. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to the single gold stand- ard and earnestly favor the use of both gold and silver upon equal terms as primary money of redemption. We denounce recent legislation intended more firmly to establish monometallism and to give into the bands of the national banks power to expand or contract, at will, the supply of the circu- lating medium which the people must use as money in the transaction of business. FLORIDA. REPUBLICAN. Resolved by the republicans of the state of Florida, in convention assembled, That we heartily indorse the progressive states- manship of William McKmley in the admin- istration of national affairs, -resulting in the return of confidence and prosperity, also solving the question of capital and labor, by expanding our wide national field and finding a market for the products of their labor and advancing the interests of the masses. DEMOCRATIC. We favor the free, unlimited and inde- pendent coinage of both silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to 1. We oppose*the delegation to national banks of power to issue money based upon the credit of the United States. We maintain that currency issued by the United States government is quite as gooc as national bank currency based on Unitec States bonds, and directly saves to the peo- ple the interest now paid to the nationa" banks on government bonds. GEORGIA. REPUBLICAN. We renew our allegiance to the doctrines of the St. Louis platform. We continue to condemn and resist the democratic policies declared at Chicago and unwearyiugly reit- erated since then by its candidate W. J. 3ryan. The organized democratic party of the nation adheres to these policies of free silver and free trade, but the republican ; )arty is fulfilling the pledges it made at St. liouis. We have enacted a conservative protective tariff, so wisely devised that the revenue is amply sufficient to pay the or- i dinary expenses of the government in times of peace, while capital is encouraged to seek employment and the wages of labor are j maintained at that high standard which ex- j perience has proved to be necessary to the welfare of our people. Our exports largely exceed our imports. The gold of the world comes steadily to our shores, and with a i Continuance of republican policy and a re- publican national administration the pros- perous future of the nation is assured. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm and renew our belief in the allegiance to the principles of democracy as contained and enumerated in the national democratic platform of 1896, and we de- nounce the republican legislation in con- ' gress whereby the single gold standard has been fastened upon the people, for the time being, we hope, and the control of the cur- rency has been turned over to the national banks, whereby the greatest and most op- pressive of all trusts the money trust has been created to feed upon the labor and in- dustries of the people, and to add to the wealth and power of a favored class, whose greed is insatiable. IDAHO. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm our belief in the principles of the republican party as declared by tin national convention held in St. Louis in 1896. DEMOCRATIC. We heartily indorse the platform adopted by the democratic national party in conven- tion assembled at Chicago in 1896 and pledgj our earnest support to the principles therein contained. ILLINOIS. REPUBLICAN. The republicans of Illinois in convention assembled reaffirm the principles of the platform adopted by the republican national convention in 1896, and with pride call at- tention to the fact that every pledge con- tained in that platform has been faithfully kept. The present happy and prosperous condition of the American people is the result of the wise administration of the republican party and the enactment into law of the more important principles of the platform of 189*. Four years of democratic rule had paralyzed the industries of the country; rendered farming unremunerative; impoverished labor; unsettled all monetary values and practically bankrupted the United States treasury. In a time of pro- found peace a democratic administration was forced to sell government bonds to pay the necessary and current expenses of the government. Under the wise, business-like and patriotic administration of President McKinley these conditions have all been changed. All branches of industry remain active and successful, agricultural interests more prosperous and labor more generally and continuously employed and better paid UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 55 than at any previous time. Monetary values have been fixed and settled and in the treasury of the United States instead of a deficit, one of the marked features of a democratic administration, we find a rev- enue adequate to meet all the demands of the government. We congratulate the peo- of the country upon the enactment into 7 of the currency bill, which provides the gold standard as the monetary unit of value. Financial discussions no longer disturb the business conditions of our people, and all business transactions have been placed on a basis that insures protection to capital and encouragement to the employment of labor. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the currency law passed by the present congress, which proposes to per- manently establish the gold standard in this country in place of the bimetallic standard of the constitution, and which transfers to the national banks the entire control of the paper currency, thus laying foundation for a money trust which will have power to control the prices of all prop- erty and to stimulate or strangle business. PEOPLE'S PARTT. We demand the free and unlimited coin- age of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; we do so because these two com- modities are quite a factor in the exports of the United States and not because we believe in the intrinsic value of money; but we reaffirm the fact that it is a cardinal point in the people's party faith that all money is government made money and is simply the fiat of the law. INDIANA. REPUBLICAN. The employment of the people is the con- tentment of the people. The greatest bene- faction to men is the opportunity to labor. Our best hope for the continued employment of labor lies in the domination of the world's markets by American agricultural and mechanical products. Low interest rates are potent factors in the extension of American commerce and industry, at home and abroad. The wise financial legislation of the republican party has largely secured these results. We therefore congratulate the American people in that the republican party has kept its beneficent pledge for tht< maintenance of the gold standard and the parity of all our forms of money by compre- hensive, courageous legislation. The repub- lican party has always stood and now stands for money laws that benefit all our people alike, without preference of one over another, the borrower as well as the lender, and such as equalize and lower the rates of interest throughout the country. And to this end we favor legislation authorizing elasticity in our bank currency for the bene- fit of our producers, the laborer, the farmer and the manufacturer, and for the general commerce of our people, under the guidance and control of the secretary of the treasury. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm and pledge our allegiance to the principles of the Chicago platform of 1896, and commend its distinguished expo- nent, William Jennings Bryan, to the people of the United States as an able statesman. a sincere patriot and an honest man. who can safely be trusted to stand at all times for the people and against their foes at home and abroad. PEOPLE'S PARTY. That the people's party of the state of Indiana reaffirms its allegiance to the prin- ciples set forth in the Omaha and St. Louis platforms, and also the principles of the state platforms of the people's party of the state of Indiana; that we point with pride to the fact that from the birth of the party to the present hour our party platforms have been practical, aggressive and consist- ent with each other; that we favor the initiative and referendum system of mak- ing laws; that we favor the same treatment by the government of gold and silver at the United States mints at the present ratio of 16 to 1; that we are in favor of the issue by the general government, without the in- tervention of banks, of such volume of full legal-tender paper money as may be suffi- cient to the needs of the people; that we are opposed to banks of issue. IOWA. REPUBLICAN. We enter upon the political campaign of 1900 with the policies presented by the re- publican party four years ago fully vindi- cated and its promises all redeemed. In the light of to-day it is apparent that the at- tempt to debase the currency as a remedy for the hard times then prevailing was a monstrous blunder, which, if successful, would have involved the country in lasting humiliation and shame, and proved disas- trous to all industrial interests. We insist that no issue can be paramount to the main- tenance of the public credit and the sta- bility of the money for which all labor and products are sold. So long as a political party stands committed to the overthrow of the existing monetary system we call upon all conservative men to act with us in keep- ing that party from power. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm our unqualified allegiance to the principles set forth in the democratic national platform adopted at Chicago in 1896 and, recognizing William J. Bryan as the greatest living exponent of those prin- ciples, we demand his nomination as the standard-bearer of democracy. We are op- posed to the single gold standard and de- nounce the action of congress in attempting to establish it and in retiring the greenback currency from circulation and in surrender- ing the sovereign power of the government over the money of the country and the pla- cing of this power in the hands of banking corporations. PEOPLE'S PARTT. We denounce the recent financial legisla- tion known as the currency bill as an act to create a merciless money trust which is to act as a ways and means committee for the commercial trusts which are now devouring the industries of the country. It is further in direct conflict with the pledges of the republican platform of 1896. We regard said legislation as the very acme of infamy in all the class legislation of the past thirty years. It is the eighth financial conspiracy and will take its place with the other seven already recorded. We denounce the retire- ment of the greenbacks and demand that the government shall exclusively control the issue and volume of money. 56 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. KANSAS. " REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the American people in that the republican party has kept its pledge for the maintenance of the gold standard and the parity of all our forms of money and for comprehensive, courageous legislation. DEMOCRATIC. We, the democrats of Kansas, In delegate convention assembled, hi-reby renew our allegiance to those immortal principles of human rights enunciated by Jefferson, de- feuded by Jackson and in their latest and best form incorporated in the democratic national platform of 1896. We announce our unqualified approval of every principlj embodied in that platform and here reiter- ate the doctrine therein announced that the American people should have a distinctively American system of finance, which, like our other governmental functions, should be for- ever free from foreign entanglement, dom- ination or influence; that we are opposed to gold monometallism as a British policy, un-American and anti-American, and that we favor the immediate restoration of bimetallism as it existed in our financial system prior to the demonetization act of 1873. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We condemn the financial legislation en- acted by the party in power in the present congress which has given to the national banks a complete monopoly of the currency of the country; which, instead of providing a sound and stable money, gives us merely an extension of national-bank credits, which can have no other result save undue infla- tion, causing first speculation, then contrac- tion, followed by disaster to the business and industrial Interests of the country. And we declare that the creating and issuing of money is an exclusively governmental func- tion which should never be delegated to in- dividuals or corporations. W r e are, there- fore, opposed to banks of issue and demand that the paper money of the country shall consist of full legal tender government Issues only. We demand the free and un- limited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. KENTUCKY. BEPTTBLICAN. Through wise legislation the republican party has rendered safe the monetary stand- ard of this country and has always stood, and now stands, for money laws which benefit all of our people alike, borrower as well as lender, and to this end we favor carefully guarded and practical laws to secure elasticity in our bank currency, so to provide for a constant supply of enough cur- rency for all borrowers for business uses, at low and steady rates of interest, for the good of every worker, producer, farmer, manufacturer and business man and for the general business of our people. DEMOCRATIC. We condemn and denounce the financial legislation of the present republican con- gress, fastening the single gold standard upon the people and conferring upon the national banks absolute power to fix the volume of our money and substitute inter- est-bearing national bank paper in place of non-interest-bearing greenbacks. LOUISIANA. REPUBLICAN. We point with pride to the fact that every promise made at St. Louis in 1896 has been kept. The great currency question is rap- idly marching toward a solution under the superb guidance of republican statesman- ship, and the vexatious tariff question is now a dead issue, quieted in its mad ca- prices by the genius of the representatives of the republican party, and stilled in its slumber by the masterful exercise of execu- tive power wielded by the warrior-states- man from Ohio, in whose judgment the American people have a profound and abid- ing faith. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm our allegiance to the prin- ciples of the democratic party as set forth in the* platform adopted by the national convention at Chicago in 1896. MAINE. REPUBLICAN. Believing that the best money in the world is none too good for the American people, we favor the ld maintenance of the gold standard established by a republican congress, under which labor reaps its just reward and every dollar in circulation has the largest possible purchasing power. DEMOCRATIC. No state democratic convention being held, extracts from the platform of the 3d con- gressional district convention are given: "We indorse the movement of the historic union of gold and silver as primary money metals, and in general those principles of governmental reform enunciated so clearly in the last national platform of the party. We are opposed to the retirement of the greenback currency and to the national banks having a monopoly of tbe paper money of the country." MARYLAND. REPUBLICAN. We are unalterably opposed to the debase- ment of the present monetary standard or tbe issues of additional government paper money, which tends to accumulate at the centers of exchange at the expense of the interior and farming districts. We favor such additional modification of the banking laws as will still further promote the inter- ests of the borrower of money as well as the lender, and will provide a flexible and sufficient medium of exchange for the needs of all sections. We believe that the con- stantly expanding business of the country makes necessary an increased elasticity in the currency system, and that further legis- lation in this direction would give a stim- ulus to the industries and interests of the whole country, and especially to the south, by affording the necessary credit facilities for promoting the increased production and export of its staple products. DEMOCRATIC. The financial question was only inciden- tally referred to in the following paragraph : "Believing that our most cherished insti- tutions are in grave peril and that the very existence of the constitutional republic is at stake, we feel that in the presence of these great dangers democrats everywhere UTTERANCES OP STATE CONVENTIONS. 57 should lay aside their differences as to the percentage ef duties on imports, the number of grains of silver in the dollar, and upon other issues of subordinate importance in the present crisis, and unite in a resolute and determined effort to stay the over- whelming progress of radical errors in re- gard to the nature of our government inaug- urated by President McKinley and the re- publican party." MASSACHUSETTS. BEPUBLICAN. We especially congratulate the country upon the rejection of free silver coinage and the indorsement of the gold standard. The promise made by the republican party in its national platform of 1896 to "favor all measures designed to maintain inviolable the obligations of the United States" has been kept by the passage of an act declar- ing and confirming the gold standard and giving the executive department authority to maintain it under all conditions. This measure, which has laid broad and deep the foundations for a sound currency system, is the best proof that the republican party can be trusted and may be relied upon to maintain the advance already made, and to adopt such additional measures as may be required to adapt our metallic and paper currency to future needs. We believe that monetary laws should consider the interests of the borrower as well as the lender, should tend to equalize the rates of interest in all parts of the country, at all seasons of the year, to the farmer, the manufacturer and the exporter, and should make it possible for our people to obtain and extend credit on terms as favorable and at rates as low as their foreign competitors. The republican party, therefore, pledges itself to support such amendments to the banking laws as will provide a flexible and sufficient medium of exchange, to the end that capital may obtain fair returns, that American com- merce may be enlarged, and that labor may be assured of steady employment and of the largest possible share in the fruits of our expanding trade. DEMOCRATIC. To-day, as on every proper occasion since the democratic national convention of 1896, the democrats of Massachusetts reaffirm and indorse in general and in particular the principles of the platform adopted by that convention. We pronounce that polit- ical code one written not for a year or for a single campaign, but for all time, being made up, as it is, of the fundamental prin- ciples of democracy upon the acceptance and enforcement of which alone a free gov- ernment of, by and for the people can be maintained. New conditions may and do compel additions to that platform, for con- ditions change; and the Chicago platform, like the declaration of independence, stands as a part of the fundamental code of demo- cratic government. Particularly do we re- iterate our belief in the financial plank of the Chicago platform, and renew our de- mand for the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Heavy and unexpected discoveries of gold and of new processes of extracting that metal, together with the other supplies, have resulted, since 1896, in an increase in the volume of money estimated at $441.000,- 000 for the United States alone. The imme- diate revival of prices and trade accompany- ing this increase demonstrated the demo- cratic contention that the evils from which the nation suffered so gravely in the five years prior to 1897 proceeded from a con- tracted currency for which republican finan- cial legislation had provided no form of relief. But the benefits of a rise in the price level under the gold standard are of necessity unequally and unjustly distrib- uted. The farmers of the west and south, being compelled to sell their products in the world's markets in competition with silver-using countries, are condemned to low prices for what they sell, while the rising scale of prices at home, due partly to the increased volume of money, and more to the intervention of the trusts, results in the exaction from them of higher prices for all they have to buy. The prosperity of New England rests upon the prosperity of her customers; and Massachusetts, in pleading the cause of the farmers of the west and south, advances her own industrial inter- ests, and no system which decreases the in- come and increases the outgo of the farm- ing community can aftora a safe foundation for a sound commercial fabric. The agri- cultural interests of the nation cannot be left to the chance of failing crops and famine in other lands, nor can national pros- perity be founded upon the expectation of disaster to foreign peoples. If there should now be a sudden check in the production of gold such as is indeed threatened by the prospect of war in the Transvaal or if there should be a new and heavy demand for tnat metal such as any European crisis would at once create, all the evils of a currency fam- ine would at once reappear, and again the nation would be left without a remedy. Only by the establishment of bimetallism can a stable and just equilibrium of prices be effected^ We denounce unqualifiedly the purpose of the republican party to surrender to the banks the governmental function of issuing paper money and controlling its vol- ume. Such action would create a trust in comparison with which all other monopolies would be trivial. Already there exists among the banking corporations a complete unity of interests and a practical unity of action, and by a perversion or an evasion of the law many national banks in the money centers are consolidating, creating branches under other names and manifest- ing a purpose to adopt that system of cen- tralization and monopoly which has seized upon the commercial interests of the coun- try. The power over mercantile credits which the great banking trust, already in sight, possesses is in itself a menace to commercial interests, and to add the power to arbitrarily expand or contract the volume of money would be to deliver over to the banking interests the fortunes of all the people. To-day our trust magnates are our bankers. They hold the bank stock; they sit on the boards of directors; they select the officials, and they will apply to their command over the supply of the nation's money the same merciless and extortionate methods which they use in turning to their own profit their present monopolies. MICHIGAN. REPUBLICAN. (Convention of June 28.) We again declare our allegiance to the gold standard, believing that the free and r.s CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. unlimited coinage of silver by this nation alone would bring about untold disasters. DEMOCRATIC. We still indorse the movement for the historic union of gold and silver as primary money metals, and In general those prin- ciples of governmental reform enunciated so clearly in the last national platform of the party. We are opposed to the retire- ment of the greenback currency and to the national banks having a monopoly of the pape% money of the country. MINNESOTA. REPUBLICAN. The republican party is proud of the fact that it has written the gold standard into the law of the land, and that its sound financial policy has contributed largely to the greatest prosperity the American people have ever known, and has raised the credit of the American government to the highest point ever attained by any nation. The re- publican party stands for money laws that benefit all people alike, the borrower as well as the lender, laws that tend to reduce and equalize interest rates in all parts of the country for the benefit of our producers, the farmer, the laborer, the manufacturer and the merchant. To this end we favcr a flex- ible currency that will respond to the needs of commerce and industry. DEMOCRATIC. We believe in the principle of bimetal- lism, and we demand the reopening of the mints of the United States to the unre- stricted coinage of both silver and gold at the existing legal ratio without charge; the immediate increase in the volume of silver coin and silver certificates to be substituted, dollar for dollar, for the bank notes issued by private corporations under the special privileges granted by the law of March 14, 1900, and prior national banking laws, the remaining portion of the bank notes to be replaced with a paper currency issued by the government itself, the volume thereof to be so controlled, under rules laid down by congress, as to maintain at all times a sta- ble money market and a stable price level; all forms of money and currency to be kept on a parity, and all gold and silver coins and certificates and government currency to be a lawful tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise specified in existing contracts, it being unlawful thence- forth to contract for the payment of any special form of money. MISSISSIPPI. REPUBLICAN. The financial question has been settled; great increase has been added to the vol- ume of the money of the United States, and every dollar is as good as gold; the United States has become a hive of laborers, well clothed and well fed; the music of the din- ner horn sounds over the fields of the farm- er where big crops are growing for big prices; mechanics and smiths of every class fill the air night and day with the ring of hammers, the song of the anvil and the saw, and millions of spindles are rushing cotton and woolen fiber into all kinds of beautiful and useful cloth to gladden the hearts of men, women and children. Such a period in the history of this country has never before been witnessed, and we com- mend its continuation and perpetuation to the people of the state of Mississippi, of the south and of the United States. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm and pledge our support and allegiance to the national democratic plat- form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and we in- struct the delegates to be named by this convention to the national democratic con- vention to be held in Kansas City to cast the vote of this state for that peerless lead- er of democracy, that able, pure and incor- ruptible statesman, the great tribune of the people, the Hon. William Jennings Bryan, as the democratic candidate for president of the United States. We denounce the re- publican congress for adopting the currency bill and placing this country upon a gold- standard basis, regarding this as a crime no less than the demonetization of silver in 1873. MISSOURI. REPUBLICAN. The remedy for hard times suggested in 1896, to debase the currency, in the light of our present conditions, would have involved the country in lasting disgrace, and have proved disastrous to its industrial interests, I had that remedy been adopted. W T e insist that no issue can be paramount to the main- tenance of the public credit and the sta- bility of the money for which all labor and products are sold. So long as a political! party stands committed to the overthrow of ! the existing monetary system we call on all conservative men to act with us in keeping that party from power. The steady employ- ment of the people in honorable pursuits is the contentment of the people. The great- est benefaction to the man is the oppor- tunity for remunerative labor. Our best hope for the continued employment of labor lies in the domination of the world's market by American agricultural and mechanical products. Low interest rates are potent factors in the extension of American com- merce and industry, at home and abroad. The wise financial legislation of the repub- lican party has promoted these results. We therefore congratulate the American people in that the republican party has kept its beneficent pledge for the maintenance of the gold standard; the standard of the commer- cial world, and the parity of all our forms of money, without contradiction, by compre- hensive, courageous legislation. The repub- lican party has always stood, and now stands, for 'money laws that secure safety and benefit to all our people alike, without preference of one over another, and such as tend to equalize and lower the rates of in- terest throughout the country. And to this end we favor wise legislation for the im- provement of our currency, for the benefit of our producers, the laborer, the farmer and the manufacturer, and for the encour- agement and promotion of the general com- merce of our people. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm and indorse the democratic national platform adopted at Chicago in 1896, and declare our continued fealty to the utterances therein enunciated upon the free and equal coinage of silver and gold at the established ratio of 16 to 1. and we denounce as unwise and dangerous in the extreme the single gold standard bank act of the present session of congress, which places the control UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. of paper circulating medium in tbe bands of the national corporations. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We declare that since the republican party demands that all paper money shall be re- deemable in one kind of coin, while tbe democratic party demands that all paper money shall be redeemable in two kinds of coin, the difference between the two parties on this vital matter of redemption of paper money is a difference of degree and not of principle. And we demand a national aper money, issued directly by the United tates government, that shall be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that shall be redeemable in the products and labor of the people and in no other way whatsoever. MONTANA. BBPUBLICAN. We indorse the wise and patriotic admin- istration of President McKiuley, under which the furnace fires have been lighted, laborers given employment, prosperity re- stored and our national greatness increased. The new and grave questions of government which have been thrust upon us demand continued administration of sound principles of government, and to that end we favor the renomination and re-election of Presi- dent McKinley. DEMOCRATIC. (Daly faction.) We hereby reaffirm our allegiance to the principles of democracy as set forth in the platform adopted by the national demo- cratic convention at Chicago in 1896. We indorse the doctrine of the free coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 by this government, independent of the action of any other government. NEBRASKA. REPUBLICAN. We indorse the. legislation that has strengthened our financial system and firmly established the gold standard and made the American dollars so safe and secure that they are kept busy chasing one another around the endless circle of busi- ness, too good to go into hiding and too patriotic to steal abroad. In answer to the cry for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and the claim that there is not gold enough as a basis upon which to do the business of the country, the United States treasury puts in evidence the $120,000,000 in gold that has come to it within a year, and the $413,000,000 in gold now held within its vaults, and the unexampled prosperity and measureless and limitless and countless financial transactions thus sustained with- out seeming effort. DEMOCRATIC. Instead of a system which would chain our nation to the gold standard and compel it to participate in all the disturbances which come to European nations we demand an American financial system, made by the American people for themselves, to be se- cured by the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil- ver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. The republican adminis- tration has admitted the gold standard to be unsatisfactory by appointing a commission to solicit foreign aid in restoring the double standard, and a republican congress, even while trying to make the gold standard per- manent, has confessed Judgment against the standard by attempting to revive the delu- sive hope of international bimetallism. In- stead of the system favored by the repub- lican party, under which national banks are to be permitted to issue and control the volume of paper money for their own profit, we reiterate our demand for that financial system which recognizes the government's sovereign right to issue all money, whether coin or paper, and we demand the retention of the greenbacks as they now exist and the retirement of national bank notes as rapidly as greenbacks can be substituted for them. NEVADA. REPUBLICAN. No more utter overthrow ever swept a great party into ignominy and confusion than that which has overtaken the demo- crats. In the year 1892 the people put them in complete control of the legislative and executive branches of the government for the first time in a generation, and they immediately put their policy into effect, with the result that has followed free trade and democratic incompetency every time they have been tried. It brought on a crash that shook the financial world to its founda- tion stones, crushed rich and poor alike, teggared the American farmer, completely overthrew American industry, and made a tramp of the American mechanic. England, Prance and Germany even Spain were running their shops day and night, while those of America stood idle, or were oper- ated at a loss. Mr. Bryan and his class said all this ruin came from a democratic mis- take, but he promised to bring in a new kind of democracy, with free trade, too, but with a patent system of finance which would make every man rich, whether he worked or not, and everybody happy by the scratch of a pen. He pledged his word of honor that his was the only way to restore trade and bring back the good old times. The issue was clearly made, and the result is before us. The democrats can only es- cape it by completely overthrowing all logic, history, science and truth. Not a single one of their own evil prophecies has been realized no part of the union has responded to their dismal hopes. In Cleveland's time over 49 per cent of American laborers were idle; now all are busy except 4 per cent, and they have offers every day at advanced wages. No class of citizens has been left out in the magnificent and wonderful revival of prosperity which has swept into sweet forgetfulness all the misery, hunger and despair of the previous four years. We can see plainly now that if Bryan had been elected it would have meant the same old free-trade democracy loaded down with all the disturbing financial nostrums, all the fallacies of populism, all the corruption of demagogism, all the hate of the anarchist, with the traditional democratic bad luck and incompetency. NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN. We approve and indorse the course of our senators and republican members of the house of representatives from this state in 60 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. ffi sustaining the president, and in the enact- ment of laws which have resulted in a period of unexampled prosperity, wherein labor and capital have been fully employed and the markets of the world more widely opened to American industries; for the national defense, for the re-enforcement of the navy, for the enlargement of our foreign markets, for the employment of American workingmen in the mines, for estates, farms, mills, factories and shipyards. DEMOCRATIC. We favor the bimetallism that has always been advocated and supported by the demo- cratic party from its inception to the pres- ent time. NEW HAMPSHIRE. REPUBLICAN. We Indorse that legislation of the present congress which has established beyond a doubt the currency of the United States upon a gold standard of value, which insures all payments in honest dollars and answers the commercial demands of our own peo- >le and of foreign nations with which we al. DEMOCRATIC. We unqualifiedly and unreservedly Indorse the Chicago platform of 1896, in whole and in detail, and declare our unwavering fidel- ity and adherence to the same. We de- nounce the republican party for its abanr donment of bimetallism, its enactment or a gold standard law at the command of the money kings and its absolute surrender to the national banks of control of the cur- rency. NEW YORK. REPUBLIC AN. The republicans of New York, represented in their state convention, congratulate their fellow-countrymen at the beginning of an- other national campaign that the pledges on the faith of which McKinley and Hobart were elected four years ago have been re- deemed. There is no longer controversy as to the value of any government obligation. Gold as the national standard of value is now established in law. Not even war, nor the issues and responsibilities that came with the conclusions of war, was permitted to delay the financial legislation which the people demanded when they elected the re- publican ticket in 1896. On the instant when a congress assembled which was re- publican in both branches a bill embodying the principles enunciated in the St. Louis Elatform was introduced, and is now the iw of the land. Public confidence that this would be so, and the fact that, it is so, taken in connection with the passage of tariff laws which supplied to the govern- ment the revenue it needed and to the coun- try's industries a healthy and sufficient protection, account for a prosperity which has been national in its scope and which gives to the McKinley administration a dis- tinction no less significant of competency in government than the success of the army and navy. We indorse, therefore, the ad- ministration of William McKinley. It has been supremely successful. It found the country after four years of democratic gov- ernment paralyzed as to its industry, weak in trade and commerce and impoverished in its public treasury. Business conditions were utterly unsettled, no less by the opera- tion of a mischievous tariff than by the as- saults of the democratic party upon the public credit in their reckless financial bills and in their threats to redeem in silver cer- tain public securities. The democrats pro- posed no other cure for the evil conditions which they themselves had created than the free and unlimited coinage of silver. The republicans proposed a revision of the tariff and the passage of an act making gold the monetary unit of value. The splendid busi- ness conditions which began with McKin- ley's election, and which still obtain in every state of the United States, vindicate the country's judgment upon the issue cre- ated in these opposing party platforms. DEMOCRATIC. We favor both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, the money of the constitution and of our fathers, each to be maintained at a parity with the other in purchasing debt-paying power, which has been the steadfast policy of the democratic party since the days of Jefferson, who de- clared that "the monetary unit must stand on both metals." We pledge our best efforts to continue the work of monetary reform. NORTH CAROLINA. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm our allegiance to the prin- ciples of the republican party as set forth in the national platform of 1896. We in- dorse without condition and with enthusi- asm the administration of President Mc- Kinley, and we instruct our delegates to vote for his renomination. Every sound that greets the ear and every sight that meets the eye is an argument in favor of the continuance of republican policies now in successful operation throughout this broad land. As if by magic, despair has given place to joy, distress has been con- verted into prosperity, and no section has been more signally benefited than the south, and no part of the south more benefited than North Carolina. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party for its passage of the recent legislation by which the gold standard has been fixed upon oar people. NORTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. We affirm that the pledge given in 1896 that the gold standard should be given the vitality of public law has been fulfilled by the act of March 14, 1900, which maintains us the parity of all our forms of money, whether of paper, silver Or gold, and the public credit has thereby been raised higher than ever before under any administration of any party and higher than that of any other nation; and that this legislation, to- gether with the enactment of a tariff law based on sound republican principles, has restored confidence both to the producer and the consumer, and greatly increased the volume of trade. We assert that the repub- lican party now stands, as it always has stood, for the money laws that benefit all the people alike, the borrower as well as the lender, the laborer as well as the em- ployer, and such as equalize and lower the rates of interest. We favor legislation that UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 61 will promote elasticity in the currency for the benefit of the producer and laborer, the farmer, the manufacturer and for the gen- eral commerce of our people. DEMOCRATIC. We affirm our allegiance to the funda- mental principles embodied in the Chicago platform. OHIO. REPUBLICAN. Every pledge of his (McKinley's) admin- istration has been faithfully redeemed. It has dispelJed long business depression, re- stored the protection of American labor and industry, reawakened universal confidence, re-established a prosperity unparalleled, as- sured to labor the steadiest employment and the highest pay, opened new fields of enterprise and new markets for trade, it has brought to agriculture a better condi- tion than for many years, fixed the gold standard upon firm foundations of law, made our national currency larger in volume and surer in value, and lifted our national credit to the highest plane any nation has ever reached. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the currency law passed by the present congress, which transfers to the banks the entire control of the paper currency, thus laying the foundation for a money trust which will have power to con- trol the prices of all property and to stim- ulate or strangle business; on the other hand, by requiring the government to re- deem all forms of currency in gold, it con- tinues and multiplies the evils of the "end- less chain" and imposes upon the govern- ment the entire burden of supplying gold for export whenever demanded, and to ob- tain which it must issue bonds when neces- sary, thus necessitating not only a perpetual debt, but a perpetually increasing debt. In lien of a currency of bank promises to )ay, to be expanded and contracted as the nterest of banks alone may dictate, we de- mand that the general government shall not only coin the metals but shall issue and regulate the volume of paper currency also in the interest of all the people, and that all currency intended to circulate as^ money shall be legal tender and be maintained at a parity of value, and be regulated with a view to maintaining stable price levels and safe business conditions. OREGON. REPUBLICAN. We commend the republican congress for its recent legislation making the gold stand- ard a part of the statutory law of the land. So long as either of our great political parties advocates the free coinage of silver, the maintenance of the gold standard is the nost important political issue, affecting, as it does, the value of the farmer's crop and the laborer's wages. We call upon all who believe in sound money to unite with the republicans of Oregon in the important elec- tions of this year, in order that a victory may be won for the gold standard so de- cisive as forever to preclude the debasement of our currency by the free coinage of silver. DEMOCRATIC. We do hereby reaffirm and indorse, in whole and in part, in letter and in spirit. the platform adopted by the democratic convention held in Chicago in 1896 and the money plank of the democratic, people's and silver republican parties of 1898. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We declare that the right to make and issue money is a sovereigp power to be maintained by the people, and that all money, whether metallic or paper, should be issued and its volume controlled by the government, and not by or through banking corporations, and should be a full legal tender for all debts, both public and pri- vate. PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the whole country upon the fact that the money question no longer disturbs our business conditions. On ac- count of the wise policy adopted by a repub- lican president and a republican congress, the gold standard is now accepted as the monetary unit of value. This places our business transactions on a stable basis and will encourage capital to seek investment and labor to find employment. DEMOCRATIC. We reiterate our faith in the beneficent effects of bimetallism, gold and silver, the money of the constitution, and believe its recognition and adoption would tend to steady and make permanent the prosperity of our country and free us from the power of the money trust to precipitate panics at will and make money dear, labor poor and all other things cheap. RHODE ISLAND. REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the people of the state upon the unprecedented commercial, manu- facturing and agricultural prosperity now prevailing throughout the country under a republican administration and it is a spe- cial cause for congratulation to the people of Rhode Island that the action of both houses of a republican congress has laid at rest all fear of an unsound and dangerous currency, and has assured to all who labor with hand or brain the payment possessing the greatest value, while at the same time maintaining the parity of the silver dollar and preventing it from becoming discredited and obsolete. The first and fundamental condition of financial prosperity having been thus assured by the republican party, that party may be relied upon to take such further steps in improving our currency laws as shall be required to produce a scientific, safe and complete national finan- cial system adapted to the demands of a country rapidly advancing to the leading position in the commercial world. DEMOCRATIC. The democratic party of Rhode Island indorses and reaffirms the principles set forth in the platform of the democratic national convention which nominated for president the Hon. William J. Bryan. SOUTH CAROLINA. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm our adherence to the declara- tion of principles enunciated in the platform of the national convention at St. Louis, 62 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. upon which McKinley and Hobart were nominated and which the American people so emphatically indorsed at the polls in No- vember, 1896. We congratulate the Amer- ican people upon the era of industrial pros- perity so auspiciously begun and grandly kept up under the administration of Presi- dent McKinley *nd upon the further fact that they have the keenness and foresight to see and know that Bryanism and democ- racy are menaces to these excellent condi- tions and that their triumph would serve only to bring a return of industrial depres- sion, idleness and want to the laboring classes and farmers, with national dishonor and the humiliation of our republic in the eyes of the progressive nations of the world. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm our allegiance to the demo- cratic party of the United States and de- clare again our belief in the principles upon which the party was founded by Thomas Jefferson. We indorse in full and in partic- ular the platform adopted by the democratic convention at Chicago in 1896, and w adhere to the principles therein enunciated without qualification or amendment, and de- mand their reaffirmation by the convention which will meet in Kansas City on July 4 next. We condemn as injurious to the best interest of this country the financial legis- lation of the republican majority in con- gress. Its policy proves the subserviency of that party to the trusts and national bank interests. SOUTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the people of the country on the enactment into law of the currency bill, which provides the gold standard as the monetary unit of value. Financial dis- cussions no longer disturb the business con- ditions of our people. The republican party stands for money laws that benefit all the people alike; the borrower as well as the lender; laws that tend to reduce and equal- ize interest rates in all parts of the coun- try, for the benefit of our producers the farmer, the laborer, the manufacturer and the merchant. DEMOCRATIC. We again affirm our allegiance to the prin- ciples enunciated in the Chicago platform of 1896. TENNESSEE. REPUBLICAN. (Brownlow faction.) We are unreservedly and unqualifiedly for the gold standard, and congratulate the country that the present republican con- gress has established by legislation the per- manence of this standard. We denounce the continued fruitless agitation of the money question by the adherents of the Chicago platform as dangerous to the sta- bility of the country's finances and a men- ace to the unparalleled prosperity of the nation. REPUBLICAN. (Evans faction.) We reaffirm our allegiance to the tradi- tions of the republican party as enumerated in its platforms and carried into the statute law of this government. We indorse the wise and patriotic administration of Presi- dent McKinley, which has done so much to restore public confidence in the financial in- tegrity of the nation, and has produced throughout the land an era of prosperity hitherto unknown in our history, and we favor his renomination for the presidency and confidently predict his election. DEMOCRATIC. We indorse and reaffirm the platform of principles declared and adopted by the last national convention of the democratic party at Chicago in 1896. TEXAS. REPUBLICAN. (Regular.) Be it resolved that we, the republicans of Texas, in state convention assembled, ex- press our abiding faith and confidence in the republican party of this nation; that we hereby renew our pledges of fealty to our party, and especially indorse the platform adopted at St. Louis in 1896. REPUBLICAN. (McDowell faction.) We most cordially indorse the financial legislation now being carried through con- gress by the republican party and hail it as settling for many years to come the grave financial questions which have so troubled and vexed the commercial life of the coun- try. DEMOCRATIC. Resolved, That the delegates elected by the convention to the democratic national convention to be held in Kansas City, Mo., July 4, 1900, be instructed to vote as a unit : First, for the nomination of William J. Bry- an as our candidate for president of the United States; second, for the readoption of the platform adopted by the democratic na- tional convention at Chicago in 1896. UTAH. REPUBLICAN. We favor gold and silver as the money of the republic. We favor every enlightened advantage to labor, to shorten its hours, to enlarge its wage and to add to the material prosperity and social and intellectual ad- vancement of the wage-earner. DEMOCRATIC. We demand the free and unlimited coin- age of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent the demonetiza- tion of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. We are opposed to the policy of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of re- deeming such obligations in either silver or gold coin. We are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace and the trafficking therein by the government. The federal constitu- tion conferred upon congress the obligation and duty of coining money and fixing its value, and we protest against all attempts to transfer these functions of government to national banks. We demand that all paper money made legal tender for public and private debts shall be redeemable In UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. coin, and tnat all outstanding government bonds, not in terms made payable in gold, shall be payable in coin, gold or silver, at the option of the government, to be exer- cised by the secretary of the treasury in ac- cordance with the law. We are unalterably opposed to the senate and house bill in re- lation to the currency, now pending in con- gress. We oppose the house bill because, while making gold the single standard of the country, it also further degrades the silver money of the people to a single re- deemable promise to pay. We oppose both bills because they are designed to place the national banks in control of the finances of the nation and to give the secretary of the treasury the power to create and perpetuate a national debt. VERMONT. REPUBLICAN. The republicans of Vermont are to-day, as they have always been in the past, uifalter- ably opposed to every measure or policy cal- culated to debase the currency or impair the credit of this nation, and are, there- fore, opposed, in the absence of interna- tional agreement on that subject among the leading nations of the world, to the free coinage of silver, and are strongly and heartily in favor of the maintenance of the single gold standard. All silver and paper currency should be maintained at a parity with gold, and every dollar bearing the im- print of the national government should carry with it full faith and credit at its face value and be of equal purchasing power in all the markets of the world. DEMOCRATIC. We reiterate our faith in the larger ben- efits to be derived from bimetallism as com- pared with monometalism, demand the res- toration of silver to its rightful and natural place as a redemption currency and indorse the platform of principles promulgated by the democratic national convention of 1896 and known as the Chicago platform. VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN. We indorse the financial bill recently en- acted and hereby declare our continued ad- herence to a sound and stable currency and our unalterable opposition to fiat money in whatever form it may be urged upon us. DEMOCRATIC. We hereby indorse the principles of de- mocracy as enumerated in the national plat- form" of the party adopted at Chicago in WASHINGTON. REPUBLICAN. We indorse the action of congress in hav- ing enacted into law the existing gold standard and oppose the free coinage of sil- ver. We congratulate the country upon the fact that the present republican congress has removed the monetary question from the realm of doubt and uncertainty into that of settled law. DEMOCRATIC. W r e denounce the republican party for its previous attitude on bimetallism and point to the record of legislation in the last con- gress as indisputable proof of the party's former duplicity on the financial question. WEST VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the people that the re publican party has kept, its beneficent pledge for the maintenance of the gold undard and the parity of all our forms of money, whether of paper, silver or gold, by wise and courageous legislation. The repub- lican party stands as it has always stood for such legislation as benefits all the people alike, the borrower as well as the lender, the laborer as well as the employer, and such as equalize and lower the rates of in- terest. We favor legislation that will pro- mote elasticity in the currency for the Ben- efit of the producer, the laborer, the farmer and the manufacturer, and for the general commerce of our people. We rejoice in the defeat of the free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1, and we call attention to the dire prophecies made by Bryan and his followers in 1896, that the adoption of the gold standard and the de- feat of the free and unlimited coinage of silver would bring ruin and disaster to the people. These seers of calamity have proved false prophets, and the exact reverse of what they predicted has come to pass; in- stead of distress the gold standard has brought plenty; instead of ruin it has brought prosperity and instead of contract- ing the currency it has expanded it so that we now have more money in circulation, both in the aggregate and per capita, than ever before in the history of our country. DEMOCRATIC. We condemn the law recently passed by congress establishing the gold standard, which transfers to the national banks the control over the paper currency of the coun- try, with power to extend or contract it, not in the interest of the public, but as the interests of those who issue it may dictate a power which is one of the highest pre- rogatives of the government and which the people should never for an instant consent should be exercised by banking corporations. We denounce the "money trusts" created by the said act as being dangerous to the government, oppressive to the people, de- structive of their prosperity and welfare and as creating an oligarchy of wealth, the influence of which is hostile to popular government and liberty. WISCONSIN. REPUBLICAN. We hereby express our profound gratifica- tion that the present congress of the United States, conformably to those principles [of the republican party], by formal legislative enactment has established as a permanent standard of value the gold coin of the nation. DEMOCRATIC. We adhere to the principles of the Chi- cago platform of 1896 and pledge ourselves to abide by the platform to be adopted by the national democratic convention of 1900. WYOMING. REPUBLICAN. The republican party of Wyoming con- gratulates the country on the general pros- perity throughout the nation which has followed the triumph of the republican party upon the financial issue of 1896. The public credit has thereby been raised higher (54 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. than ever before under any administration of any party and higher than that of any other nation. The republican party has al- ways stood and now stands for money laws that benefit all our people alike, that con- sider the interest of the borrower as well as the lender, that tend to equalize the rate of interest in all parts of the country at all seasons of the year to the farmer, the stock- man, the. merchant and the manufacturer, and that make it possible for our people to obtain and extend credit on terms as favor- able and at rates as low as the foreign com- petitors. The republican party of Wyoming, therefore, pledges itself to support such further legislation as will provide a flexibl and sufficient medium of exchange to the end that capital may continue to obtain fair returns, that American commerce may bi> enlarged and that labor may be assured of steady employment and the largest possible share in the fruits of our expanding trade. DEMOCRATIC. We hereby reaffirm and declare our alle- giance to the principles of democracy s enunciated in the Chicago platform of 1896. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POLICY. ALABAMA. REPUBLICAN. We commend congress and the president for the very generous aid extended to the people of Porto Rico by the act of congress which provides them with a civil form of government, relieves them of internal rev- enue taxation, reduces the tariff duties 85 per cent and donates all money collected to the people of that island to build up a civ- ilization from the chaos caused by war and flood. DEMOCRATIC. That we denounce the unjust treatment of the Porto Ricans and the flagrant violation of the trust of these people. ARKANSAS. REP.UBLICAN. We favor the expansion policy of the ad- ministration. We favor the annexation of the Philippines as the most beneficent thing that could happen to the Philippines, and as giving us command of the vast trade of the orient not otherwise possible. DEMOCRATIC. We charge that inherent rights under our constitution have been assailed by the presi- dent of the United States by his denial of self-government to the Filipinos and his re- fusal to treat with them. We maintain that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. We therefore insist that the subjugation of any people is a crime and contemptuous disloy- alty to the distinctive principles of our government. Liberty is a common heritage to all men in all lands and we therefore resolutely condemn the death-dealing pojicy of the republican administration in the Philippines. We are opposed to the annex- ation by the United States of any country by force, because we believe the right of local self-government to be the basic prin- ciple of this republic. We are opposed to wars of conquest, and insist that the pledges made the people of Cuba by congress be car- ried out at the earliest practical moment, and we demand that the same rights prom- ised by congress to the people of Cuba be accorded to the people of the Philippine islands. And with a full appreciation of what such things mean by our own sad ex- perience at the hands of the republican party, we denounce the carpet-bag govern- ment foisted on the people of Porto Rico and Cuba by the present republican admin- istration. CALIFORNIA. DEMOCRATIC. We are unalterably opposed to imperial- Ism in any form, and we condemn the Porto Rican tariff law recently enacted by the present republican congress as a bold and open violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of good faith. We as- sert that the constitution follows the flag, and denounce the doctrine that an executive or a congress, created and limited by the constitution, can exercise lawful authority beyond that constitution or in violation of it. Believing that a nation cannot long en- dure part republic and part empire, we oppose wars of conquest and colonial pos- session. COLORADO. REPUBLICAN. _We commend the policy of our republican national administration in the Philippines, in Cuba and in the island of Porto Rico as wise, patriotic and humane, and we repose implicit confidence in the ability of the re- publican party to solve every problem con- cerning those islands with credit to itself and with satisfaction to all loyal and patri- otic Americans. DEMOCRATIC. The acquisition under democratic rule of that magnificent domain extending from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean attests that democracy has always favored contigu- ous territorial expansion when it could be accomplished legitimately, honorably and in accordance with the genius and spirit of our institutions. We protest against that spirit of aggression manifested and encour- aged by the republican leaders, which, ignoring the sacred traditions of the repub- lic and the solemn warnings of its founders and solely for commercial advantages, seeks expansion at the cannon's mouth and by the maintenance of an immense standing army, which is a constant menace to the liberties of the poople and imposes upon them for its support an enormous additional burden of taxation. Especially do we de- nounce as repugnant to every principle upon which our government was founded, and as an unwarranted usurpation of power, that imperialistic policy originated and en- forced by the republican national adminis- tration of treating newly acquired territory as colonies or conquered provinces and their people as subject slaves. CONNECTICUT. REPUBLICAN. Our soldiers and sailors have achieved great and complete successes on land and sea; sectional jealousies have disappeared; sectional wounds have been healed; th^> flag of the union has been raised above all other flags in the respect and admiration of the world; the great republic has become UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. the greatest of nations; independence and peace have been bestowed upon the op- pressed and long-suffering people of Cuba, and protection, liberty and the blessings of civilization are being secured to the inhab- itants of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands under the wise, fearless and honest guidance of the republican party. We rec- ognize the fact that many difficult questions confront the nation in the government and control of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. We believe that those questions can and will be answered to the complete satisfaction of the inhabitants of these islands and in strict conformity to the terms of the treaty of Paris. W T e believe that the glorious victories won by our brave soldiers and sailors were won in the cause of liberty, justice and peace. We believe that the nation has honorably and rightfully acquired absolute title to distant islands of great strategic and commercial value. We believe that it is the high and sacred duty of the nation to secure to the people of those islands the blessings of liberty, peace and happiness. We believe that the full and speedy performance of this duty will meet with the enthusiastic and unqualified approval of the people of the United States, and we believe that the abandonment of the Philippine islands to internal anarchy and external attack, or to any other cowardly and weak policy suggested by the demo- cratic party, would entail untold suffering upon a helpless and oppressed people and bring world-wide dishonor if not disaster to the United States. DELAWARE. KErUBLICAN. The Philippine archipelago and the island of Porto Rico having been ceded by Spain under the provisions of the treaty of Paris, we believe that all these islands have be- come legal and rightful possessions of the United States. We deem it to be the im- perative duty of the nation to give them the inestimable blessings of good govern- ment, with the largest share of self-rule that future conditions may seem to war- rant, and to so regulate their commercial relations with the rest of the country that substantial justice may be rendered to all concerned. We recognize the great wisdom and courage displayed by the president of the United States in dealing with these grave questions and we unequivocally com- mend and indorse his course in upholding the honor of the flag and in safeguarding the sovereign rights of the American people. DEMOCRATIC. We have witnessed with unfeigned alarm the growth of a spirit of imperialism in the administration of President McKinley. A war undertaken in the name of humanity has been turned into a greedy and bloody use of power to crush and destroy the as- pirations for liberty cherished by people who suffered too long under the tyranny of Spain. We believe in the principle of the declaration of independence. Free our- selves, we desire to encourage self-govern- ment in every part of the world. We desire no dependent and oppressed colonies to be held by our soldiers and robbed by carpet- baggers. Wherever our flag flies we desire it to mean liberty and home-rule for the people beneath its folds and maintain that the constitution must follow the flag. FLORIDA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce as utterly subversive of the principles of liberty upon which republican government must necessarily be based thv- policies recently adopted by" the republican party, whereby it is sought to maintain in America a great standing army; to estab- lish an imperial government over millions of people thousands of miles from our shores, who have never wronged us, and have for centuries maintained a constant warfare for liberty; and to govern as a con- quered province of an empire the peaceful people of the island of Porto Rico, denying the protection of our constitution to those who enthusiastically received our flag as an emblem of republican government and of constitutional liberty. We favor the prompt carrying out of the pledges made to the people of Cuba as to the benevolent and temporary character of our occupation of that island, and we favor the giving and the faithful carrying out of a similar policy to the people of the Philippine islands. We believe that the principles upon which our form of government exists require the adop- tion of this policy. We maintain that all the people over whom our flag flies are en- titled to the protection of our constitution without or in spite of any act of congress. GEORGIA. REPUBLICAN. We have abiding confidence that the presi- dent will conclude peace upon terms that will satisfy the conscience, the judgment and the high purpose of the American peo- ple. We realize that when the necessities of war compelled our nation to destroy Spanish authority in the Antilles and in the Philippines we assumed solemn duties and obligations, alike to the people of the islands we acquired and to the civilized world. We cannot turn these islands back to Spain. We cannot leave them unarmed for defense and untried in statecraft to the horrors of domestic strife or to partition among European powers. We have assumed the responsibilities of victory, and wherever our flag has gone, there the liberty, the humanity and the civilization which that flag embodies and represents must remain and abide forever. The republican party has been the party of brave conservatism, of wise progress and of triumphant faith in the nationality of this people, and we know that the president, statesmen and voters of the republican party will meet these issues of the future as bravely and triumphantly as we have met the issues of the past. DEMOCRATIC. We hold that the constitution of the United States was wisely ordained and es- tablished for an intelligent, liberty-loving and self-governing people, and cannot bt successfully applied to a people of another hemisphere, who, from social and geograph- ical conditions, can never be assimilated with ourselves or educated up to our stand- ard of citizenship and who can never be safely incorporated into an equal participa- tion with ourselves in our free system of government. We therefore hold that the imperialistic policy of the present repub- lican administration, which contemplates schemes of conquest in accordance with British theories and practices, is contrary to the theory of our government, and sub- 61) CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. versive to those great principles of civil liberty which we have been taught to cher- ish aud which are necessary to the preserva- tion of our free institutions. We oppose the maintenance of large standing armies, necessary for the subjugation and continued domination of distant peoples, and which is a standing menace to the personal liberties of our own people, impoverishes the people with vast public expenditure, creates hordes of officials to rule over people who should be permitted to rule themselves, disregards the principles of the declaration of inde- pendence, and materially changes the na- ture of our republican form of government. The action of the republican congress in denying to the Porto Kicuns the status of citizens of the United States, in passing a law imposing tariff taxes upon the products of Porto Rico different from those imposed in the United States, and in the establish- ment of a government in that island, where- by its people are denied the right to govern their own local affairs and to select their own local representatives, demands the con- demnation of all people who love self-gov- ernment, and is the demonstration of a purpose of the republican party, if given an additional lease of power, to convert this republic into an empire. We favor all legitimate and practical means for the ex- pansion of our trade and the development of foreign markets for our products, manufac- turing and agricultural, but we deny that the acquisition and domination of lands in a distant hemisphere are necessary or con- ducive to this end. On the contrary, the present marvelous and rapid development and growth of our commerce both in Europe and in Asia, where we own no territory, demonstrate that our trade with foreign peoples will steadily and surely expand and develop and increase in proportion as our products excel in excellence and cheapness similar products of other countries. And our trade upon this secure basis can be best promoted by the arts of peace and the happy influences of friendly relations, rather than through the harsh and hostile agencies of war. IDAHO. BE PUBLIC AN. Through the skill and gallantry of our sailors and the valor of our soldiers, the war with. Spain has left us with a number of dependencies that are now under the sheltering care of the nation. Our flag once raised over the islands gave to the inhabi- tants therein our solemn promise that all the civilizing influences and benefits of a strong government of liberty-loving people should be theirs. The republican party ac- cepts the responsibility for their care and control, and it will discharge this trust as it has all others that in times past have been placed in its hands for administration, bearing in mind always the duty that it owes both to the people who have thus been brought within our protection and to our own citizens in a proper adjustment of the several relations they bear to the general government. ILLINOIS. BEPUBLICAN. The cry of the oppressed Cubans for a larger liberty and a higher civilization than had been accorded them under Spanish rule called forth the sympathy of all the people of the United States. In obedience to the demands of humanity and in accordance with the sentiment of the people of this country, irrespective of political party, the present republican administration put an end to the evils of Spanish misrule in the western hemisphere. The Spanish-American war was declared in obedience to the uni- versal demands of the p.-ople. It was con- ducted under a republican administration, and the splendid achievements of our sol- diers and sailors in that war formed some of the brightest pages in American history. Cuba has been freed from Spanish misrule and a stable government established there. Porto Rico and the Philippine islands have become the possessions of the United States as the inevitable and unavoidable results of that war. The brilliant achievements of our army and navy in the Spanish-American war, which brought to us these possessions, have entailed upon the republican party grave responsibilities, which, we are happy to state, have been met in a true spirit of patriotism, and legislation enacted respect- ing them which, while it will improve the social, political and material conditions of the people and those islands, will not im- pose additional burdens upon the people of the United States. We fully indorse the ac- tion of congress and the president in the administration of the affairs in these islands and all legislation respecting the same, and we pledge our alliance to the nation's policy relating to them as formulated and carried out by the present administration. In indorsing and approving the policy and course of the administration and the legis- lation of congress thus far relating to our new possessions we express our confidence in the ability of a republican administration to deal with the complicated and important questions involved in any legislation for those islands which may arise hereafter. PEMOCBATIC. We invoke public condemnation of an ad- ministrative policy which denies to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine islands the principle of home rule and self-government and seeks the subjugation of a free and en- lightened people for the glory of an imperial policy, revolting to our traditions and a defiance to the principles of our federal con- stitution. * * * The declaration of inde- pendence, the flag and the constitution must everywhere stand together as emblems of human liberty and equal right for all, and where one goes, all go. We therefore de- nounce imperialism under any pretense as necessarily leading to militarism and as wholly foreign to our system of government and declare that neither congress nor the president can exercise any power whatever not derived from the constitution. We therefore denounce the Porto Rican tariff bill as a palpable violation of the doctrines of the fathers and of the fundamental prin- ciples of our government, which is based on equal rights to all. We believe, with Jef- ferson, in peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations and entangling alliances with none, and we regard with apprehension the doctrine advocated by the republican administration that this nation should, in its dealings or diplomacy, show partiality toward or enter into entangling alliances with any European nations. INDIANA. BEPUBLICAN. The conflict with Spain was begun and carried on from humane and disinterested UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 17 motives. The possession of the islands, which came to our hands as a result of that war, was a consequence of it not foreseen, but which could not be avoided 'with honor. We cannot escape the responsibility rest- ing upon us. Our first duty is to establish the authority of the United States against armed resistance, then to replace military by civil administration. The guiding prin- ciple of our conduct in dealing with the people of these islands should be to pro- mote their highest welfare; and we pledge the largest possible freedom of control in their affairs, as their ability for self-gov- ernment shall be developed, and to use all proper means to advance their civilization and enlightenment. We unhesitatingly in- dorse and approve the policy and course of the administration and the legislation by congress in respect to our newly acquired possessions, and express full confidence in the wisdom, integrity and ability of the ad- ministration, supported by a republican con- gress, to deal wisely and justly with the questions concerning the same as they may arise. DEMOCRATIC. We are already far advanced in the policy of arbitrary rule, which has caused an en- croachment on the rights of the people at home and on liberty abroad and a subver- sion of popular government. It is the his- tory of the human race that every nation which has sought to extend its power by destroying the liberty of others has, in the end, destroyed the liberty of its own people. No people can exist part free and part slave, part citizen and part subject, part republic and part empire. We submit the corrupting influence of colonial dominion has already brought disgrace upon the republic; that usurped and dictatorial power has already reached the danger line. The con- stitution and the plighted faith of the re- public have been violated in Porto Rican legislation, for the purpose of asserting power to rule without regard to law, duty or right principle. Independence is with- held from the Cubans in defiance of law and national promises. Slavery is recognized and protected in Sulu, and involuntary serv- itude in Hawaii, in violation of the consti- tution. We condemn the extravagances of the present administration, the violation of the civil service, the fraudulent army con- tracts, the payment of double salaries to military officers, the spoliation of the people of Cuba, and the favor and protection shown partisans, speculators and corrupt officials in their dealings with the government. We demand an honest and economical adminis- tration of national affairs, the repeal of the stamp tax and such constitutional amend- ments as will enable congress to levy a graduated income tax and provide for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people. We are opposed to a large standing army. Military rule should find no place under a republic, and we condemn it, whether used to administer government in Cuba or to crush liberty in the Philippines. Domestic order is best conserved by the civil authorities, and in time of war the safety and honor of the re- public can be intrusted to its volunteers. IOWA. REPFBLICAN. We favor the extension of sflf-povernmcnt to all the people that have lately come un- der the protection of this country as rapidly as they demonstrate their capacity to exer- cise it; we hold our authority over them to be a solemn trust, to be exercised with an eye single to their instruction, development and prosperity. DEMOCRATIC. We deplore the adoption of the recent Porto Rican measure, which the people and the press of all parties have branded as a violation of American pledges and of the constitution and as a stain upon American honor, and we heartily commend the action of the house of representatives of the XXVIIIth general assembly of the state of Iowa in adopting by unanimous vote a reso- lution opposing the Porto Rican tariff. We condemn the imperialistic policy of this ad- ministration as fraught with danger to the best interests of our country and destructive of the principles of liberty guaranteed by the constitution, and we condemn its course toward the Philippine islands as un-Amer- ican and contrary to the principles that our fathers maintained against the tyranny 'of Great Britain during the war of the revolu- tion. PEOPLE'S PARTY. The despotic, wholly unwarranted and un- necessary course of the president in the Philippine islands in refusing to accord to the Filipinos the same guaranty of self-gov- ernment which congress promised to the Cubans calls for our unqualified condemna- tion. The base betrayal of the sacred prom- ises made to the people of Porto Rico when our armies landed upon that island is upon a parity with the disregard of the rights of Filipino allies, who, at the instance of fed- eral officials, aided our forces in crushing Spanish pow T er in the orient. In both in- stances the action of the administration and of the congress which upheld it is most reprehensible, un-American, unconstitution- al and in conflict with all the sacred tradi- tions of our republic. In short, it is simply infamous and beyond further endurance on the part of the people. We are unalterably opposed to imperialism and militarism in whatever form it may be presented wheth- er in the guise of a large standing army, Porto Rican tariffs or wars of conquest. KANSAS. REPUBLICAN. The insurrection of Aguinaldo is kept alive by hope of democratic success, based on the false cry of imperialism. We con- demn this unpatriotic policy as being re- sponsible for the continued war in the Philippines with its cost of precious lives and treasure. We denounce the democratic party for its hypocrisy in pretending to tender regard for the governmental welfare of the inhabitants of Porto Rico and the Philippines, while at the same time delib- erately disfranchising thousands of Ameri- can citizens in southern states because of color, and we urge our representatives in congress to use their best efforts to bring about such legislation as will remedy these unjust conditions. DEMOCRATIC. We believe in the theory of voluntary self- government upon which this republic vyas founded and as a shining example of which it has influenced the world for a century. We want no modification of that theory by imperialistic construction. We want neither foreign subjects nor citizens, nor imperial- 68 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. istic colonial governments, knowing that no country can endure an empire abroad and a republic at home. We adhere to the spirit of the Monroe doctrine and the warnings of the fathers against entangling foreign alliances and world politics. We in- sist that we cannot make citizens of mil- lions of Malays without corrupting our cit- zenship, nor can we hold them subjects without destroying our form of government. We are against militarism, with its costly and corrupting standing armies, a burden to the taxpayers, the forerunner of compulsory military service and conscription and the unfailing instrument in the overthrow of every republic in history. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We reaffirm the immortal principles con- tained in the declaration of independence and call attention to the repudiation of them in the speeches of the republican lead- ers in congress in discussion of the Philip- pine and Porto Rico questions. We see in thfe establishment by the republican admin- istration of a colonial system of govern- ment over unconsenting people and the de- nial to those people of the guaranty of human rights contained in the federal con- stitution and the abandonment of repub- licanism for imperialism an abrogation of the grandest charter of human rights ever given to mankind. We declare that the flag and the constitution are and should be of right inseparable, and, therefore, wherever the flag goes the guaranties of the constitu- tion should go with it, and we denounce as traitors to the republic the republican mem- bers of the house and senate and the presi- dent of the United States for separating the flag from those great principles of which it has been the emblem. KENTUCKY. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the foreign policy of the present national administration as anti- American and anti-republican. It seeks to establish a system of imperial government for our recently acquired territory hitherto unknown in our country's history, and sub- versive of the principles of republican gov- ernment. It imposes a tariff upon the peo- ple of Porto Rico, while giving free trade to the British island of Jamaica. It has es- tablished a system of corruption and spolia- tion in the island of Cuba more disgraceful and onerous than was ever endured under Spanish administration. It is maintaining an army of 60,000 in the Philippine islands, and after nearly two years of warfare has made but little if any material progress to- ward the establishment of peace or order. It has increased the standing army from 25,000 to 60,000 men, and proposes by legisla- tion now pending in congress, approved by the present republican administration, to still further increase the army to more than 100,000 men. LOUISIANA. DEMOCRATIC. We condemn the policy of the annexation of the Philippine islands as adopted by the republican party as a broach of national honor and as contrary to the traditions and teachings of the founders of this republic, and we believe that as soon as a stable form of government can be established on said islands they should be given their indop:>n- dence on such terms as may be mutually agreed. We believe the pledge made by con- gress before the war with Spain, that Cuba should be free, should be speedily carried out, and that the government of the island be handed over to her citizens, so that we may not have a further exhibition of the criminal peculation, to the disgrace and dis- honor of American manhood. * * * We believe that a nation cannot long endure half republic and half empire, and oppose wars of conquest and the acquisition of colonial possessions. We oppose militarism. It imposes upon the people an unnecessary burden, and is a constant menace to their liberties. A small standing army and a well- equipped state militia are sufficient in time of peace; in time of war the citizen soldier should be the republic's defense. MAINE. REPUBLICAN. While any part of the inhabitants of our outlying islands are resisting the authority of the United States it is the duty of t'.e government to suppress such insurrectijn and establish peace and order. The Amer- ican flag stands as a guaranty of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." N people have ever come under its protection save to their betterment, and congress may be safely depended upon to secure to all who accept its sovereignty the blessings of a just government and a progressive civili zation. DEMOCRATIC. (3d congressional district.) We condemn the Porto Rican tariff bil recently passed by the republican house of representatives as a bold and open viola tion of the nation's organic law and a fla grant breach of good faith. We assert that the constitution follows the flag and de- nounce the doctrine that an executive or a congress, created and limited by the con stitution, can exercise lawful authority be yond that constitution or in vjolation of it Believing that a nation cannot long endure half republic and half empire, we oppose wars of conquest and colonial possession The Filipinos cannot be citizens without en dangering our civilization; they cannot be subjects without endangering our form of government; and as we are not willing to surrender our civilization or to convert a republic into an empire, we favor an im mediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos, first, a stable forir of government; second, independence, anc third, protection from outside interference as it has for nearly a century given protec tion to the republics of Central and Soutt America. MARYLAND. REPUBLICAN. The war with Spain was declared and car ried on from humane motives. The posses sion of the islands which came under 0111 flag was a consequence unforeseen, which could not be avoided with honor. Th treaty of Paris was ratified by more tha two-thirds of senators representing all par- ties. We cannot escape the responsibilities which such expansion of territory has brought upon us.. We must establish thi authority of the United States against armed resistance and then replace military by civil administration. Our guiding prin UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. (50 ciple in dealing with the people of these islands has been and should ever be to pro- mote their highest welfare; to give them the largest possible liberty in their affairs; to develop their capacity for local self-gov- ernment and by every means to advance their civilization and their enlightenment. No greater trust than the uplifting of these people, long degraded by Spanish tyranny, has ever been imposed upon the United States. The republican party believes it to be the high and solemn duty of the nation to execute this trust with patience, wisdom and courage. It is proceeding to suppress disorder and violence in the Philippines, to restore peace, to dispel ignorance, to pro- mote industry, to teach the people local self-government, to secure to them civil and religious liberty, and by these means to sub- stitute order and civilization for anarchy and barbarism. The instincts of the Amer- ican people may be trusted not to oppress or misgovern the people of these islands. True liberty, civilization and trade in this new expansion will again as always hereto- fore follow the American flag. DEMOCRATIC. We declare that "all governments insti- tuted among men derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" that any government not based upon the consent of the governed is tyranny. We hold that the constitution follows the flag and de- nounce the doctrine that congress or the executive can exercise lawful authority in violation of the constitution. We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire. Imperialism in any sec- tion of our domain will lead quickly and in- evitably to despotism at home. We are un- alterably opposed to a large standing army in a time of peace. * * * We declare our firm belief that the safety and true glory of our country and the stability of our very institutions depend upon a strict and rigid adherence to the principles and practices of the fathers of the republic. Colonial expan- sion and military occupation and control of remote islands of the sea under the orders of the president, as commander-iu-chief of the army and navy, have no place in our constitutional system of government. The democratic party has always favored terri- torial expansion when the territory so ac- quired can be erected into states of the union and whose people can become Amer- ican citizens, but we denounce the forcible annexation of foreign territory, except as coaling or naval stations, with no purpose of forming it into a state or states of the union or admitting its inhabitants to the protection of the constitution and laws. We are in favor of extending the republic's in- fluence among the nations, but we believe that that influence should be extended, not by force and violence, but, as heretofore, through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. We cling to the car- dinal doctrine that the constitution is the supreme law of the land, and that no law passed by congress for the government of colonies, acquired by purchase, voluntary annexation or conquest by arms, is of any validity or force whatsoever, unless warrant for it can be found in the letter and spirit of the constitution. We denounce, there- force, the recent Porto Rico act as a palpa- ble and dangerous usurpation of power, passvd in wanton and partisan disregard of the "plain duty" of congress, and approved by President McKinley in open and painful violation of his public and oflicial declara- tion of our duty and obligation to our fel- low-citizens of Porto Rico and to the whole American union. MASSACHUSETTS. REPUBLICAN. By the treaty of Paris a number of islands formerly held by Spain have come under the dominion of the United States, and by the terms of the treaty the duty of provid- ing for their government and of determining the civil rights and political status of the inhabitants has devolved upon the congress of the United States. As a result of these acquisitions, races of people have come un- der the protection of the American flag who have been so long degraded by tyranny as to have very inadequate conceptions of the true spirit of liberty and of the responsibili- ties of self-government, and who have been so impoverished and weakened by the ex- ploitations of their oppressors as to be un- able to defend themselves, unaided, from the greed of foreign conquest. No greater trust than the uplifting and educating of these defenseless people has been imposed upon the United States. The republican party believes it to be the high and solemn duty of the nation to accept and execute this trust, with all the responsibilities it involves, by retaining the islands and by providing for their adequate government upon the principles of liberty and humanity. It believes that to abandon them to local anarchy or to the lust of the invader would be cowardly and dishonorable and a be- trayal of its trust impossible to be con- templated by a great, free and enlightened nation. Not the material interests alone of the nation whose trade and commerce are now competing for the markets of the world, but the highest dictates of duty re- quire us to take the people of these islands under our protection, to suppress disorder and violence, to restore peace, to dispel the darkness of ignorance, to promote industry, to teach them the duties and responsibilities of local self-government, to secure to them civil and religious liberty, and by these means to establish order and civilization in place of anarchy and barbarism. The same policy which governed our fathers in dealing with the acquisitions of territory made in their time should be pursued with respect to these new possessions. The instincts of the American people, nurtured in liberty and tenacious of its principles, may be trusted not to oppress or misgovern the peo- ple of these islands, or to exploit them for the benefit of the United States. Not trade alone, but liberty and civilization as well, have always followed the American flag. DEMOCRATIC. To the war with Spain a war rightly waged in the cause of humanity and which was forced upon an unwilling republican administration by the insistence of demo- crats in house and senate there has suc- ceeded a war of criminal aggression in the Philippines. We hold that this war is wan- ton and needless, for, had the same promise of freedom been made to the people of those islands that the democrats secured for the people of Cuba, no revolt against the American authority would have occurred; it is in violation of the principles of American constitutional liberty, not only because it is prosecuted by the administration without the congressional action which the consti- 70 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. tution prescribes, but because it is a denial of that right of self-government which from the day our forefathers faced the British at Concord bridge has been a cardinal precept of American political philosophy, until now William McKinley, with the applause and overt sympathy of the British government, had discarded it; it is a wasteful war in all its material aspects, since by the incom- petence and corruption which have attended its prosecution it has cost the nation heavily in blood and treasures, the very flower of our youth being sent to death under an in- competent general, while the notorious and scandalous misappropriation of moneys has resulted in an enormous deficit in the fed- eral treasury, despite the collection of bur- densome and ill-adjusted war taxes. We demand that to the Filipinos, as to the Cubans, shall be said to-day that they are, and of right ought to be, free and independ- ent, and we hold that such a declar ition, coupled with the expression of the purpose of the United States to protect the islands from the assaults of any foreign power, would speedily restore order, purge our na- tional honor of the stain put upon it by in- justice and bad faith, and advance Amer- ican trade in the far east by giving our merchants a market among people grateful for the gift of independence. The extension of American trade in all directions is an end to be sought by all patriotic Americans, and we demand that the settlement of the Phil- ippine problem shall be attended by every possible expedient for fostering and extend- ing the commerce of the United States with the islands, and for preventing their ac- quisition by any foreign nation. The evils which result from the prosecution of this Philippine war are not confined to, nor are they greatest in, the island of Luzon. They react upon our own people and particularly upon the working classes. Back of the gaudy trappings of imperialism lurks the less spectacular but more terrifying form of militarism. Against a great standing army the democracy, both of state and na- tion, has resolutely set its face, but in the reiterated demands for more and more troops to subdue the Tagalos may be de- tected the purpose to have ultimately more soldiers to employ at borne. Already all free peoples of the world gaze in amazement at the facility with which monopolistic cor- porations in the United States are able to secure the aid of armed forces, both state and federal, to overawe their workingmen in time of labor dissensions. To-day a whole district in the state of Idaho is under martial law, men are and have been for months confined without shadow of a trial and without other accuser than a command- ing general who doos the bidding of an em- ploying corporation. The same spirit which has sent our white soldiers to shoot down black men in the Philippines who are strug- gling for political independence^ has found its manifestation nearer home by sending black soldiers to the Coeur d'Alene district to shoot down white miners struggling for a wider measure of industrial liberty. Mili- tarism grows with every triumph, and the arms which we permit to be employed to strike down the rising aspiration of an Asiatic people for liberty will in time, un- less roughly checked, be used to abridge our own rights. Imperialism is not a foreign policy, and they who strive to so prove it are ignorant or sinister in purpose. The dangers of imperialism are domestic; they menace every man who holds his liberties dear. In imperialism and militarism the great monopolistic corporations whose growth astounds and alarms the people discern twin agencies for their defense, and it is of vital importance to all that by the application of immediate and effective checks to further progress of these hateful policies the trusts and monopolies shall be deprived of a further addition to their already menacing power. MICHIGAN. REPUBLICAN. (Convention of June 28.) We indorse the administration of our il- lustrious leader, President William McKin- ley. We commend his wise and patriotic course in the conduct of the late war and his far-seeing and beneficent policy in re- lation to the government of the islands of the sea which, by the fortunes of war, have come to us for protection and guidance. DEMOCRATIC. We sincerely deplore and condemn the action of the republican majority in both of the two houses of congress and of President McKinley in refusing to be bound by the constitution in the government of Porto Rico and of the other islands recently ac- quired from Spain, and in putting the United States in the attitude of having tne most despotic and tyrannical colonial policy of any modern nation. We denounce the whole republican scheme of imperial presi- dential dependencies not only as unconsti- tutional, but as extremely impolitic and un- wise and unworthy of liberty-loving Amer- icans. MINNESOTA. BEPTJBLICAN. We hereby declare our implicit confidence in President William McKinley and the re- publican party to meet and solve the ques- tions now before the country, growing out of our war with Spain, to the entire satis- faction of the American people, and with justice and humanity to the people of the islands that came under our control because of that war. We declare that never before in the history of our nation has the flag of our country and the rights which it guar- antees to our citizens been respected and recognized throughout the world as under the present administration. DEMOCRATIC. We believe that the principles of the dec- laration of independence lie at the founda- tion of this government, and that, as our history progresses, instead of endeavoring to curtail the operation and meaning of that great charter of human liberties, it should be the constant ambition of the government and the people to approximate nearer and nearer to a complete realization of that high ideal. The immortal truth that govern- ments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed is as true to-day as when enunciated by the fathers of tht> republic, and we here and now repledge our- selves to the time-honored doctrine of a government "for and by the people." We deprecate the present tendency of the repub- lican party toward the establishment of militarism in the United States and the transformation of this republic into an im- perial system, forcing its authority upon UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 71 unwilling peoples and ruling subject nations against their consent. We declare that this nation cannot endure part free and part vassal, that the constitution of the United States must go wherever the flag of the re- public is permanently planted; and it is our abiding conviction that the American people will never deliberately approve a sur- render of the fundamental doctrines of this government and the immortal principles of the declaration of independence. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We enter our solemn protest against that imperialism of the McKinley administration which governs and taxes as an alien country the people of Porto Rico and proposes to govern conquered countries without their consent. We regard this as but one form of imperialism and denounce all other forms, such as the surrender of the functions of coining and issuing money by the federal government to private banks, as a policy which is unconstitutional, undemocratic, unrepublican and despotic. . MISSISSIPPI. REPUBLICAN. We have waged an expensive war both upon land and upon sea, we have become one of the greatest naval powers of the world; our armies and our navies have been unexcelled in the record of achievement since the world began; we have enlarged the borders of the United States till they almost equal the circuit of the sun; the islands of the sea have become our posses- sions and their people shall have the benefit of our laws, they shall be trained in our factories and farms; they shall be educated in our schools; they shall be taught in our churches the doctrines of the cross; their burdens shall be lightened, their hearts shall be gladdened, their homes shall be brightened, their children shall be dedicated to a wider, purer and deeper civilization; our hands and our heads shall help them to labor and to think. We spurn the charge that it is our purpose to torment or to tease the battle-wrecked and storm-swept Porto Ricans and we declare the truth to be that the recent legislation in regard to the peo- ple of that island is the most humane, most merciful, most charitable piece of legisla- tion ever enacted toward any people, not only by the government of the United States, but by any government the world ever knew. We take not a dollar from that people at either end of the line, but give it all to them to rebuild their wasted homes, and those who are now, for political pur- poses, crying "the poor Porto Ricans" will soon discover that no one is being alarmed by such a cry, and that cry, too, raised by representatives of a party some of whom would run the risk of sinking the ship of the state to get plank enough to make a platform. DEMOCRATIC. We are unalterably opposed to imperial- ism and expansion, as proposed by the re- publican party, and denounce the policy of the republican administration and all the methods that have been employed to fix this colonial policy on our free republican form of government. We are also opposed to the retention of the Philippine islands by the United States government. We oppose the Dingley and Porto Rican tariff laws, passed by a republican congress over the protests of the people; and demand for Porto Ricans the right of freely importing and exporting to and from any part of the United States. We are opposed to militarism, imposing as it does unnecessary burdens upon the coun- try, and denounce this effort of the repub- lican administration to increase our stand- ing army as a menace to free government and insist upon the supremacy of the civil over military authorities. MISSOURI. REPUBLICAN. We favor the extension of self-government to all the people that have lately come un- der the protection of this country as rapidly as they demonstrate their ability to exercise it. We hold our authority over them to be a solemn trust to be exercised with an eye single to their instruction, development and prosperity. DEMOCRATIC. We unqualifiedly believe in the expansion of the trade relations of this country with all the world, and in such expansion of con- tiguous American territory as shall be con- sistent with the views of Jefferson and our fathers of the democratic party. We hold that the constitution of the United States follows the flag into all territory over which its sovereignty and jurisdiction is extended. We deny the right of the government to es- tablish independent colonies, and we there- fore denounce the republican administration for the policy it has pursued in regard to Porto Rico in assuming ownership over it by the right of treaty and yet excluding its people from the protection of our national constitution. We insist that the American government at the earliest possible moment restore the government of Cuba to the Cu- bans, thereby carrying out the declaration of the president of the United States and congress when war was made upon Spain for the liberation of the island. We favor the annexation of Cuba whenever its people of their own volition shall determine that they wish their country to become a part of the United States. MONTANA. REPUBLICAN. We favor the extension of self-government to all people who have lately come under the protection of the American flag as soon as they demonstrate their ability and capac- ity to exercise it; our authority over them is a solemn trust to be administered so as to aid their instruction, advancement and prosperity. DEMOCRATIC. (Daly faction.) We condemn as un-American the policy of imperialism pursued-by the present repub- lican administration. We are not opposed to expansion as practiced by Jefferson, which added virgin soil for the extension and development of American civilization; but we are unalterably opposed to an ex- pansion which requires us to bold by subju- gation or upon terms of inequality a foreign country, already teeming with millions of half-civilized people, whose labor must come in competition with that of the Amer- ican workman, and whose simple wants can never create a market for American prod- ucts. 72 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 15)01. NEBRASKA. REPUBLICAN. While we are unalterably opposed to im- perialism and militarism as practiced by European nations, we are willing to accept all the legitimate results of honorable war- fare and to assume the burdens of govern- ing and holding acquired territory. We are in favor of increasing our navy to such strength and power as will make us secure from foreign aggression, and the main- tenance of such an army as may be neces- sary to quell insurrection, establish peace and maintain good order in our islands in the seas and to protect the flag from insult at home or abroad. But we are opposed to a large standing army in time of peace, re- lying on the national ardor of the people to meet any emergency with the volunteer sol- diery such as has for more than a hundred years challenged the admiration of the world. For the nation's defense, for the strengthening of the navy, for the enlarge- ment of our foreign markets, for the em- ployment of Amercan workingmen in the mines, forests, mills, factories and ship- yards and for the enhancement of the value of farm products we favor such appropriate legislation as shall make the seas give evi- dence that American built and American owned and American manned ships are carrying American foreign commerce to the four corners of the earth. We applaud the action of the administration in securing to American merchantmen free access to trade with the Chinese empire, through the ports and harbors now held by foreign powers, as one of the greatest achievements of diplo- macy. DEMOCRATIC. In its platforfn of 1860 the republican party declared that the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the declaration of independence and embodied in the federal constitution, viz., that all men are created equal; that they are endowed with inalien- able rights; that governments are instituted to secure their rights and that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, is essential to the preserva- tion of our republican institutions; but the republican party, under its present leader- ship, is endangering the preservation of re- publican institutions by placing the dollar above the man in the construction of govern- ment and of violating the principles that it once declared to be essential. We condemn the Porto Rican tariff bill, recently passed by a republican house of representatives, as a bold and open violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of good faith. We assert that the constitution fol- lows the flag and denounce the doctrine that an executive or a congress, created and limited by the constitution, can exercise lawful authority beyond that constitution or in violation of it. Believing that a nation cannot long endure half republic and half empire, we oppose wars of conquest and co- lonial possessions. The Filipinos cannot be citizens without endangering our civiliza- tion; they cannot be subjects without en- dangering our form of government, and as we are not willing to surrender our civiliza- tion or to convert a republic into an empire, we favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos, first, a stable form of government; second, independence, and, third, protection from outside interference, as it has for nearly a century given protection to the republics of Central and South America. We favor the expansion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, but we are opposed to pur- chasing trade at the cannon's mouth with human blood; neither do we believe that trade secured and held by force is worth the price that must be paid for it. We are in favor of extending the nation's influence, but we believe that that influence should be extended, not by force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. We oppose militarism. It imposes upon the people an unnecessary burden and is a constant menace. A small standing army and a well-equipped state militia are sufficient in time of peace; in time of the war the citizen soldier should be a republic's defense. We believe, with Jef- ferson, in peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations and entangling alliances with none, and we regard with ap- prehension the doctrine advocated in some quarters that this nation should in its deal- ings or diplomacy show partiality toward any of the European nations. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We are in favor of the declaration of in- dependence and the constitution of the United States and believe that the prin- ciples of these venerated documents apply to all men alike and we recognize no such thing as a subject. We enter a solemn pro- test and warning against imperialism of the McKinley administration. We define im- perialism to mean the governing and tax- ing of any people without that people's con- sent. We denounce such as tyranny, just as great and dangerous as that sought to be imposed upon the American colonists by George III. We denounce militarism as dangerous to a republican form of govern- ment and declare the safety of a self-gov- erning people is better subserved by a cit- izen soldier than by a standing army, as proved by all history. Resolved, That we I are in favor of a liberal pension to all dis-l abled union soldiers and we believe that said pensions should be graduated to dis- ability and not according to rank in service. NEVADA. REPUBLICAN. The president's services to humanity in freeing Cuba and driving the Spanish flag from the western hemisphere are second only to those of Abraham Lincoln in freeing the slave. His wisdom shone conspicuously over that of all his compeers when he re- fused to recognize the independence of Cuba, when he skillfully delayed the decla- ration of war with Spain until our army and navy could be made ready, when he directed the campaign which gave us the Philippines and spread the mild rule of the stars and stripes over millions of people that had been ground under Castilian oppression for ages, when he forced the powers to open the Chi- nese empire to the trade of all nations on equal terms, and in his efforts to bring about international courts in the interests of universal peace. NEW JERSEY. DEMOCRATIC. We are unalterably opposed to imperial- ism. All insidious attacks upon constitu- tional liberty must be unhesitatingly checked if we are to perpetuate the glory of this government for the benefit of poster- UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. ity. We are for the republic and against the empire. The truths set forth in the declaration of independence are as self-evi- dent to-day as when they were first written by Thomas Jefferson. With him, we believe that "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." We be- lieve that taxation without representation is tyranny. Judging by these standards we denounce the conduct of the republican party in enforcing an unconstitutional tariff upon the people of Porto Rico. We believe it to be the duty of this government to give assurances of its high purpose to bestow the inestimable rights of free government upon the Philippine islands. When a stable gov- ernment is established at Manila which in our judgment is worthy of recognition we should grant them that independence for which they fought and conquered Spain. NEW HAMPSHIRE. REPUBLICAN. We glory in the triumphs of the Spanish war, both those on land and those on sea. We are proud of the splendid records of our naval and military heroes. We heartuy support the administration in the annexa- tion of Hawaii and in the acquisition of Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The insurrection in the Philippines was a rebel- lion against the lawful authority of the United States, and we assert the duty of the president to subdue it. We condemn any encouragement given by American cit- izens to those bearing arms against our country. We intrust the future government of our new possessions to congress and the president, believing that they may lawfully control and govern them as they deem best, and feeling assured that they will give the islands every measure of local self-govern- ment for whichHhey may show themselves fitted. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party for in- flicting upon the nation under false pre- tenses a policy of colonial conquest, with its attendant evils of imperialism and militar- ism, at a sacrifice of the basic principles of the declaration of independence and in defi- ance of the federal constitution. We be- lieve in free trade and every other constitu- tional guaranty for Porto Rico and independ- ence for Cuba and the Philippine islands as soon as they are capable of self-govern- ment. We denounce the administration for fastening upon the American republic the guilt of "criminal aggression" in the Philip- pines and neglect of "plain duty" to Porto Hico by depriving her citizens of the right of self-government, by erecting a customs tariff between that island and the states, in utter disregard of distinct pledges sol- emnly given and of their constitutional rights. NEW YORK. REPUBLICAN. Republican party government has shown itself to be equally effective and intelligent in war as in peace. The president was for- ward in military preparation to be ready for the war. and at the same time earnest in diplomatic concession to avoid it. The immediate and continuous triumph of American arms and the auick termination of hostilities, through the suit of Spain for peace, were a tribute as well to the fore- po de handed work of the executive departments of the government as to the valor of our soldiers and sailors. New issues resulting from the war arise in this campaign. In fixing the conditions of peace the govern- ment was compelled to determine the status of Spain's conquered colonial possessions. It was impossible to destroy sovereignty without creating other sovereignty to take its place, and in none of the Spanish col- onies except Cuba did the elements and con- ditions of citizenship exist out of which it was to be hoped that popular sovereignty could maintain itself. It would have been the coward's part to remove Spanish au- thority without ourselves assuming respon- sibility for the preservation of public order and the fulfilment of international obliga- tions. Interest and duty joined to compel our government's course, and a policy has been pursued upon which the republican party confidently appeals to the patriotic judgment of the American people. It is a licy characteristically American. The in- peudence of Cuba, pledged to Cuba ajid proclaimed to the world in the declaration of war, has been secured and advanced by every public act. The American military force in Cuba has been reduced. Local gov- ernment has been established, and steps are now being taken for popular elections in Cuba to erect there a free government of the Cuban people preparatory to the com- plete withdrawal of American authority. In Porto Rico, which has become for all time American territory, civil government and liberal laws have been provided. The insurrection in the Philippine islands has been overcome. Organized rebellion no longer exists, and the establishment of American authority in all the islands is proceeding to the contentment of their in- habitants. And throughout our new colo- nial dominion the guiding principle of the government in all its acts has been to ren- der life and property secure, to preserve individual liberty and freedom of thought and action, and to prepare the way for a local government, administered through local agencies, in which strength and sta- bility should be guaranteed in the popular respect for law and order. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to that foreign policy of the present national administration com- monly known as "imperialism," which con- templates schemes of conquest and the es- tablishment of colonial governments in accordance with British theories and prac- tices; demands large standing armies for purposes of subjugation; impoverishes the people with vast public expenditures; cre- ates hordes of officials to rule over people who should be permitted to rule themselves; disregards the principles of the declaration of independence, and materially changes the nature of our republican form of gov- ernment. We earnestly protest against the Ayrongs, the usurpations and suicidal fol- lies involved in such an un-American policy. There is no place for subject colonies under the American flag. The constitution does not contemplate the establishment of colo- nial systems. We demand that our solemn ante-war pledges, made by congress to Cuba and to the world, should be speedily fulfilled in good faith, thereby preserving our na- tional integrity and honor. We maintain that the constitution follows the flag over every Integral part of the United States, affording to its inhabitants the protection CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. and benefits of its guaranties of life, lib- erty, habeas corpus, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, trial by jury and uni- form tariff laws. A republican congress has no more right to establish or govern a ter- ritorial or colonial system outside of the constitution than it has to create a king. We demand that every part of our posses- sions shall be governed according to Amer- ican precedents and American principles. Our plain duty is to abolish all customs tariffs between the United States and Porto Hico and give, her products free access to our markets. We condemn President Mc- Kinley and a republican congress for a fla- grant violation of this plain duty and for their hypocrisy and inconsistency. NORTH CAROLINA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the policy of the republican party for its legislation by which the peo- ple in territory acquired by the United States are taxed without representation and deprived of the protection afforded by the principle that the constitution follows the flag. We are in favor of peaceful commer- cial expansion, but denounce imperialism and militarism. NORTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. We favor the extension of our commerce into China and the far east, to further the introduction and establishment of a market for our surplus grain, cattle and other prod- ucts; and we favor the retention by the United States of every foot of the territory over which the stars and stripes now float. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to the republican policy of militarism and colonialism, an alliance with any foreign power, and opposed to terri- torial expansion by force of arms, and in favor of trade expansion to the fullest ex- tent. We are opposed to taxation without representation; it is our plain duty to abolish all customs duties between our- selves and Porto Rico. OHIO. REPUBLICAN. The provisions of the treaty of Paris, which took from Spain her title to the Phil- ippine islands and vested in the people of the United States unquestioned sovereignty over those islands, to be exercised for secur- ing to the people thereof the blessings of liberty and law, opened for those people the only possible pathway of escape from op- pression and placed them on the road to progress in enlightenment and civilization. We approve the wisdom and humanity of the president in negotiating the treaty, of the senate in confirming it by a two-thirds majority, and of congress in appropriating the sum of $20.000.000 provided therein to b;> paid, by an almost unanimous vote. The sovereignty thus deliberately assumed by the conjoint action of the great treaty-mak- ing and law-making powers of the United States it was the duty of the executive to maintain, and we approve the vigor, the wisdom and the success with which Presi- dent McKinley has performed that duty, and the fortitude and heroism of the sol- diers and sailors of the United States. through whom it was performed. That sov- ereignty must not be repudiated; and the high purpose of its origin must be accom- plished in the establishment of peace and order and the blessings of individual lib- erty among the peoples of the Philippine islands. DEMOCRATIC. We enter our protest against the doctrine that the president or congress can govern acquired territory outside and independently of the constitution of the United States as a doctrine utterly subversive of every foun- dation principle of our government. The declaration of independence, the flag and the constitution must everywhere stand to- gether as emblems of human liberty and equal rights for all, and where one goes all go. We therefore denounce imperialism under any pretense as necessarily leading to militarism and as wholly foreign to our system of government, and declare that neither congress nor the president can exer- cise any power whatever not derived from the constitution. W T e therefore denounce the Porto Rican tariff bill as a palpable vio- lation of the doctrines of the fathers and of the fundamental principles of our gov- ernment, which is based upon equal rights to all. OREGON. REPUBLICAN. We heartily indorse the policy of the ad- ministration, and particularly in securing the Philippine islands, and we demand that they shall be retained as American terri- tory. We have confidence that the Amer- ican people, without departing from their traditions, will give security to personal and property rights, justice, liberty and equality before the law, to all who live b neath its flag. We indorse the policy of the administration in suppressing the insurrec- tion in the Philippines headed by Aguinaldo. We point with pride to the honorable pare played by the 2d Oregon regiment in this Avar. It met with victory in every com- bat and covered its state and country with glory on every field. We condole with the families of those members of the regi- ment who lost their lives in the conflict, and extend our congratulations to the sur- vivors of the regiment on the brilliant aud honorable record they have made. We re gard trade with the orient as one of the great sources of our national wealth in the future, and an open door in China as an important aid to the growth of our trade in the orient. We commend the successful ef- forts of the present administration, and especially of its secretary of state, to cure by treaty with the several European powers the right to the free introduction of American goods into this great empire. DEMOCRATIC. We reaffirm our former declaration in favor of the initiative 'and referendum and pledge our candidates for the legislature to support the pending amendment to the con stitution submitting the question of direct legislation to the people. We denounce the doctrine that an executive or a congress created and limited by the constitution can exercise lawful authority beyond that con stitution, and in violation of it. Believing that a nation cannot long endure half re public and half empire, we oppose wars of conquest and colonial possessions. The Fil- ipinos cannot be citizens without endanger- UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. ing our civilization: they cannot be sub- jects without endangering our form of gov- ernment, and as we are not willing to sur- render our civilization or to convert a repub- lic into an empire, we favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos, first, a stable form of gov- ernment; second, independence, and, third, protection from outside interference, as it has for nearly a century given protection to the republics of Central and South America. We favor the expansion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, but we are opposed to purchasing trade at the cannon's mouth with human blood; neither do we believe that trade secured and held by force is worth the price that must be paid for it. We are in favor of extending the nation's influence, but we believe that that influence should be extended, not by force and vio- lence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. We oppose militarism. It imposes upon the people an unnecessary burden, and is a constant men- ace. A small standing army and a well- equipped state militia are sufficient in time of peace; in time of war the citizen-soldier should be a republic's defense, and as an example we point with satisfaction to the brave and gallant services of the 2d Oregon in the late Spanish- American war. PENNSYLVANIA. DEMOCRATIC. We are unalterably opposed to the Im- perialism of the present administration and the republican party. No commercial ad- vantage can justify our holding the Fili- pinos as a subject people and the Philip- pine islands as an imperial colony. We favor granting at once to the people thereof home rule and the right to govern them- selves- under the protection of the United States. We demand that the solemn pledge made by congress to the people of Cuba be faithfully observed and their independ- ence granted them in compliance there- with and that the army of the United States be withdrawn, as recommended by Gen. Leonard Wood. We demand for the people of Porto Rico the right of freely importing and exporting to and from any part of the United States; and we denounce the sinis- ter influences that have caused the presi- dent to depart from that which he termed was a "plain duty." In our intercourse, po- litical, financial and commercial, with for- eign nations, we demand a vigorous Amer- ican policy. We deplore the subserviency of the present administration to the behests of England and English statesmen, whether the same be intentional or caused by the ignorance of our officials in the state de- partment. We denounce the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty as a complete abandonment of the claims of our statesmen of our right to construct and control an interoceanic canal and as un-American and a base surrender of our inherent right of self-defense. RHODE ISLAND. DEMOCBATIC. We hold with the revolutionary heroes that taxation without representation is tyranny; with Charles Sumner. that the constitution should be interpreted in the light of the declaration of independence, and with Abraham Lincoln that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. No people should be annexed to the United States against their will, and, however willing to come, no people should be admitted except to equal rights. A republic cannot afford to have a subject population. The constitution must always follow the flag a government of law and not of men. SOUTH CAROLINA. BEPUBLICAX. We indorse the course of the present ad- ministration in so nobly and wisely seeking to guard the results of the triumph of the American army and navy in rescuing mil- lions of people from the yoke of Spanish oppression, by instituting American author- ity in our newly acquired territory till the people of these possessions are able to es- tablish and maintain stable governments of their own. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the imperialistic policy of the present republican administration, un- der President William McKinley, as con- trary to the letter and spirit of the declara- tion of independence and the constitution of the United States, and as dangerous to the liberty and freedom not only of the people df the Spanish islands, but of the citizens of this country as well. The benevolent assimilation of the Filipinos is proved to be the benevolence of murder and the assimila- tion of robbery. We denounce it as an out- rage to the consciences of liberty-loving Americans. Our free institutions cannot long survive the destruction of those prin- ciples upon which they rest, and the spec- tacle of subject peoples held down by the bayonet and robbed by carpet-baggers but foreshadows the fate for our own country unless the people are aroused to our danger. The unjust war of subjugation now being carried on in the Philippines by President McKinley should be ended at once, with definite and pacific declarations to the na- tives as to the intentions of this country to aid them in the establishment of a free government of their own choice under a pro tectorate by the United States. We demand a strict adherence on the part of the United States government to the solemn pledges by which congress promised independence to the Cuban patriots, and for which this coun- try waged a successful and glorious war with Spain. We- denounce and condemn the unjust and unconstitutional treatment of Porto Rico by the republican party, whose policy in that island is not only illegal, but unworthy of a republic, and we demand a recognition of Porto Rico under the const! tution of the United States and on the same basis with the territories. We indorse the course of those democratic senators and rep- resentatives who opposed the imperialistic legislation enacted by the republican con gress for the government of Porto Rico. SOUTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. We unhesitatingly indorse and approve the policy and course of the administration and the legislation by congress in resp.-ct to our newly acquired possessions and ex press full confidence in the wisdom, integ- rity and ability of the administration, sup- ported by a republican congress, to dea" wisely and justly with the questions con cerning the same as they may arise. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. DEMOCRATIC. While we denounce the policy of the Mc- Kinley administration of the Philippines, express our admiration for and gratifica- tion at the bravery and gallant service of he South Dakota soldiers in the Philippine war. TENNESSEE. REPUBLICAN. (Brownlow faction.) National expansion is an accomplished fact. We believe in taking no backward step. The new possessions we have ac- quired, in consequence of the war and by treaty with Spain, are ours to deal with as we may see fit. To give to them wise, en- lightened and humane governments, adapt- ed to the degree of civilization to which they have attained, we believe to be the duty of the nation. In the inauguration of such governments the leaders of our party, under the able and tactful direction of the president, are manifesting a broad and lib- eral statesmanship of which we are justly proud. Especially do we commend the wis- iom of the president in the selection of the Hon. Luke E. Wright of our own state as the representative of the south on the Phil- "ppine commission. With such democrats as Senator Morgan of Alabama, Senator Mc- Laurin of South Carolina and Judges Lurton and Wright of Tennessee indorsing the policy of the administration in its treat- ment of expansion as an accepted fact, and In its effort to establish in our new terri- tories law and order as a prerequisite to liberty, we contemplate with complacency the denunciation of the administration by the Bryan followers, who "clamor for war in times of peace" and have a "mania for peace in times of war." We repudiate the doctrine that because perplexing and diffi- cult problems are met with in the endeavor to establish law and individual liberty in these new possessions we should turn them adrift and leave them to their fate. Such a doctrine we denounce as cowardly and pusillanimous, at once violative of our na- tional obligations and of our commercial in- terests. We are proud of the magnificent results of the war with Spain and of the brilliant foreign policy of the present ad- ministration, which together have made possible an "open door" to the trade of China and the far east, laid the ground- work for the building of the Nicaragua canal and given to the United States high rank as a world power. DEMOCRATIC. In the difficult problem presented by the situation confronting the country growing out of the late Spanish-American war and its management and results, with the duties and responsibilities thrown upon the United States in relation to the peoples of the islands lately belonging to Spain, we de- clare there is a twofold duty resting upon the government of the United States involv- ing simple justice to both of them, liberty and self-government and aid from us in the establishment and maintenance thereof; to the United States, all such rights, privi leges and control as may bo necessary for its own welfare, security and interest in guarding itself against loss and protecting them from injury, including all things that may be necessary for military or naval pur- poses and also a just and fair though abso lute direction and control of their foreign and commercial relations in so far as they affect the United States and so long as the United States are in any way responsible for th. it- conduct and welfare. We protest against the imperialistic policy of the republican administration as shown not only in the virtual abdication of power by congress and the autocracy of the executive, but in the shameful and oppressive discrimination in favor of the wards of the republican party, the protected and privileged interests as against the helpless people of Porto Rico. We insist that the spirit of the constitution and the laws of trade as well follow the flag. We have faith in a solution of this problem that shall be in rigid accordance with the demands of national duty and honor, and in consonance w T ith that policy and those principles which were the in- spiration of our declaration of independ- ence, leading always and everywhere to liberty and equal laws, never to autocratic license or economic slavery. Whether in the solution of this problem there be in the result total separation from the United States or otherwise, yet in any event free government and protection thereunder granted to them must be accompanied by proper safeguards to the United States, not oppressive to them, yet just to the govern ment which secures their freedom. TEXAS. REPUBLICAN. (Regular.) That we hereby indorse every act of our national administration and express our confidence in the conservatism and rare statesmanship of our admirable president, William McKinley, who has restored con- fidence and established for our country pros perity and who has carried to a successful end the war with Spain, hoisted the banner of liberty beyond the sea and gained for our flag the respect and admiration of the na- tions of the world, and that we will uphold the hands of our president and will assist him in peace or war. so that our flag where once raised shall never be Icwered. REPUBLICAN. (McDonald faction.) We approve of the broad statesmanship and the eminent patriotism shown in the annexation of the Hawaiian islands, Porti Rico and the Philippines, and feel confident that the course pursued by the administra tion in all of our great questions will b; confirmed by the people at the polls ii November. DEMOCRATIC. We pledge our party to uphold and defend the doctrine that all governments derive their just powers from the consent of th governed; to oppose all efforts to establish or maintain colonial possessions; we renew our allegiance to the Monroe doctrine ant! demand the speedy fulfillment of our pledgi to Cuba and demand for the people of th< Philippine_ islands the same treatment as was promised to the Cubans. UTAH. REPUBLICAN. We glory in the triumphs of the Spanist war, both those on land and those on sea W T e are proud of the splendid records of ou naval and military heroes. W r e heartilj support the administration in the annexa tion of Hawaii and in the acquisition o UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 77 Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. \Ye intrust the future government of our new [xissc-.ssions to congress and the president, believing that they may lawfully control them as they deem best, and feeling assured that they will give to those possessions every measure of self-government for which they may show themselves fitted. Our ex- perience in the recent war with Spain and the protection of our possessions in the Pacific ocean have demonstrated the neces- sity of the completion of 'the Nicaragua canal. We favor its speedy completion and its control if not ownership by this country. We point to the treatment of Cuba by our government as something which will go into history a golden page. DEMOCRATIC. The plighted faith of the United States to the people of Cuba must be observed in let- ter and spirit. The government of the island of Cuba should be placed under the control of the Cuban people without unnec- essary delay. We are opposed to imperial- ism and militarism, but favor commercial expansion and progress, not by force, but by natural and peaceful means. We are in favor of the kind of expansion which Jeffer- son advocated and practiced, and which is not incompatible with our form of govern- ment, applying to contiguous or neighbor- ing territory, whose inhabitants are fitted, either immediately or ultimately, te be- come citizens of the United States. But we are opposed to wars of aggression and con- quest, by means of which alien peoples are brought under our dominion against their will. Such wars, undertaken in a spirit of commercialism, greed and covetousness. bringing to us colonies and subjects, instead of sister states and fellow-citizens, are di- rectly antagonistic to the idea that govern- ments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. .In the rightful prosecution of a war begun in the interests of humanity the commercial, political key to the vast archipelago fell into the posses- sion of our land and naval forces, and upon the conclusion of peace the obligation to protect life and property and to preserve order devolved upon our government. When armed resistance to the authority of the United States shall have ceased within the Philippine islands it should be the purpose of the United States to provide for the or- ganization of a government by the people of those islands, and congress should at once announce that it is the intention of the United States, by such measures as may be deemed most expedient, to secure the blessings of liberty and free government to the peoples of the Philippines. VERMONT. REPUBLICAN. We believe that this country should man- fully accept and shoulder the increased duties and responsibilities that have come to it during the present administration- through the wish and free choice of the peoples concerned in the accession of the Hawaiian islands through the fortunes of war and as the glorious fruit of the heroic achievements of American sailors and sol- diers in the island possessions that became ours by the term's of our treaty with Spain. We unhesitatingly proclaim our conviction that from over no inch of this newly ac- quired territory where the stars and stripes have floated, carrying their promise of en- lightenment and freedom, should that flag be lowered or that promise be withdrawn. So long as any of the inhabitants of any of these islands continue in a state of insur- rection against the authority of the United States it is the duty of the government to quell such insurrection and to establish there tranquillity and order. Whether or not the constitution follows the flag, we be- lieve that the good faith of the American people must stand unquestioned wherever the stars and stripes are seen and that we are bound by justice and humanity to deal with the question arising out of our own new possessions in the spirit of the Amer- ican constitution and civilization. DEMOCRATIC. We are unalterably opposed to the im- perial policy of the present administration and the republican party and look upon its advocates as enemies of our present form of government. It has already deprived our people of the proud title of "champions of liberty" and placed a stain upon the flag which will require the determined and per- sistent efforts of the lovers of our constitu- tion to efface. Its continuance will make necessary a large outlay of money, which the taxpayers of this country will be called upon to pay, and inevitably involve us in war with foreign nations, while it will fur- nish an excuse for the maintenance of a large standing army, which has always been and always will be a menace to the liberty and independence of the individual, and for the creation of many new offices that the republican party will fill by appointing nien^bers of a rich oligarchy who will ad- minister the affairs for their own benefit and to the detriment of the common people. We therefore favor: Home rule for the Filipino people under the protection of the United States; absolute free trade between Porto Rico and other parts of the United States; the independence of Cuba according to solemn promise given its people; no sub- ject people; no colonial dependencies. VIRGINIA. DEMOCRATIC. We declare that there can be no govern- ment by the republic of our fathers except that which is dominated by* the constitution of the United States and that neither in promotion of our welfare nor in accordance with the constitution can the United States acquire and govern any territory whatso- ever as subject province nor deny to the people of any territory to be retained under our control the blessings of constitutional liberty, nor can we hope to raise the level of American citizenship by pouring into it a horde of Asiatics. Therefore, in the in- terest of the American people and American institutions and in harmony with the teachings of our wisest statesmen of all parties and as "a plain duty" we demand that the Philippine islands be turned over as soon as practicable to their ow r n inhab- itants, that the people of Porto Rico be given a just territorial government before their substance is stolen by carpet-baggers and that we promptly and honorably make good our solemn declarations concerning Cuba. We, democrats of Virginia, are op- posed to militarism and great standing armies as the worst enemies of the republic. 78 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. WASHINGTON. REPUBLICAN. We favor the prompt establishment of such permanent government in this newly acquired territory as will promote civiliza- tion, education and commerce. In the for- mation of such governments we advocate the home-rule principle. We oppose any backward step on the subject of expansion. We favor the maintenance of an effective national military organization with an ade- quate militia reserve in the several states. DEMOCRATIC. "We condemn the vacillating attitude of the republican administration on the Porto Rico tariff and condemn the republican congress in passing the Porto Rican tariff act as a measure toward the people of Porto Rico of like character to that against which our forefathers rebelled. WEST VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN. Recounting the accomplishments of the republican party, the platform credits it with: "Additional markets opened to our surplus products of every kind, taxing pro- duction to its utmost capacity to meet con- sumption and demand; Spanish cruelty and oppression forever banished from this hem- ' sphere and the Philippine islands; the open door in China secured to all the com- mercial nations of the world through Amer- ican diplomacy and a more fraternal feeling inculcated between the north and south." DEMOCBATIC. We hold that all just governments derive their powers from the consent of the gov- rned, and we denounce the attempt to conquer a people struggling to achieve their "ndependence and establish a government for themselves and suited, in their opinion, to promote their welfare and happiness as an act of "criminal aggression" and a wicked exercise of despotic power, subver- sive of the fundamental principles upon which our own and all other free govern- ments are founded. We denounce the pros- ecution of a war of conquest by the presi- dent of the United States, waged without consent and authority of congress, as an act of usurpation deserving of condemna- tion and rebuke at the hands of the Amer- can people. We regard with alarm and ap- prehension the growth of militarism and the ncreasing tendency to rely on force in the administration of governments. We hold a large standing army to be dangerous in time of peaee to the liberties of the people and to be a constant menace to the perpe- ;uity of free government. Mindful of the essons of history and the warnings of our wise forefathers, we denounce the creation [>f a large standing army, and are opposed o militarism and imperialism now and always, and to the erection of an empire upon the ruins of a republic. We denounce he administration of the weak, vacillating ind subservient federal executive, William SIcKinley, as arbitrary, corrupt, unconstitu- ional and despotic, and as at variance with all the traditions of the republic. We are >pposed to any entangling alliance with another foreign power, to any colonial sys- 'em and to the conquest of territory to be held and governed as dependencies by gov- rnors and satraps appointed by executive power. We regard the continuance in pow- er of the republican party as certain to result in the final and complete overthrow of the republic under tne constitution, and we call upon all good citizens and patriots to unite with us to overthrow it at the polls and to restore once more constitutional gov- ernment. WISCONSIN. REPUBLICAN. We indorse the strong and progressive administration of our president, William McKinley, under which new luster has been added to our arms and unparalleled increase of wealth and prosperity secured to the country, and we rely upon our party to deal with and solve the problems that have come to us as a result of the Spanish war in a manner that will reflect and redound to the honor and strength of the nation. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party for its brazen inconsistency in treating Porto Rico as a part of our territorial possessions and at the same time unjustly discriminating against its people as well as our own by imposing a burden of tariff in express vio- lation of the constitution of our country in establishing a system of imperialism grossly repugnant to the spirit of our institutions and necessitating the maintenance of a sys- tem of militarism that threatens the p>r- petuity of our government for the sole pur- pose of gain and conquest; in establishing for all time a scheme of taxation under the guise of war taxes for the purpose of main- taining a standing army at a time when peace should prevail and providing revenue made necessary by a policy of exorbitant and prohibitory tariff impositions practiced in the interests of monopolies and trust combinations that have been fostered by the present administration; in the profligate and corrupt use of the public funds in fraudulent army contracts and the purchase of war vessels, and we point to the gigantic postal frauds in Cuba as a fair sample of republican integrity. WYOMING. REPUBLICAN. The provisions of the treaty of Paris which took from Spain her title to the Phil- ippine islands and vest in the people of the United States unquestioned sovereignty over those islands to be exercised for secur- ing to the people thereof the blessings of liberty, law and self-government opened for those people the only possible pathway of escape from oppression and placed them on the road to progress in enlightenment and civilization. We approve the wisdom and humanity of the president in negotiat- ing the treaty, of the senate in confirming it by a two-thirds majority, and of congress in appropriating the sum of $20,000,000 pro- vided therein to be paid, by an almost unanimous vote. The sovereignty thus de- liberately assumed by the conjoint action of the great treaty-making and law-making powers of the United States it was the duty of the executive to maintain, and we ap- prove the vigor, the wisdom and the success with which President Mcfttnley has per- formed that duty, and the fortitude and heroism of the soldiers and sailors of the United States through whom it was per- formed. That sovereignty must not be re- UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 79 pudiated; and that high purpose of its origin must be atcomplishe " ' purpost d iu th e estab- lishment of peace and order and the bless- ings of individual liberty among the people of the Philippine islands. DEMOCRATIC. We believe that the constitution follows the flag. We reassert our abiding faith in those principles upon which our republic is founded, as set forth in the declaration of independence. We are opposed to wars of "criminal aggression," and adhere to the maxim that a nation which refuses to rec- ognize the inalienable rights of others to self-government will not long maintain its own liberties. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. ALABAMA. DEMOCRATIC. We believe in legitimate expansion of home as well as of foreign trade. The re- wards of invention and labor are the spurs of enterprise; without them we should have no progress even a restriction of them means the retarding of our growth but the combinations and trusts which have been formed throughout the country are the result of a perversion of the correct prin COLORADO. ciples of trade and a violation of the rights of the people to free competition. We de- mand the supervision, regulation and curb- ing of trusts and combines, and designate as the chief of these oppressive institutions the protective tariff of the republican party. If we get rid of the mother of trusts, the republican tariff, we get rid of the trusts themselves, and so long as the country fosters these institutions so long will they rule over us. ARKANSAS. REPUBLICAN. We oppose trusts. The republican party Irst took the field against trusts, enacted the only national legislation against them, and is unalterably opposed to all combina- tions of capital which tend to raise prices >y stifling competition. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the trusts and all illegal combinations in restraint of trade, or that have for their purpose the control of the markets or products of the country, and we indorse the action of the last legislature in jassing laws for the purpose of restraining heir operations in the state, and pledge the iemocratic party to the passage of such aws as will effectually prohibit the opera- ion of all such combinations in the state of Arkansas. CALIFORNIA. DEMOCRATIC. The democratic party has repeatedly called the attention of the country to the growing danger of large combinations of apital which absorb the business of the nation, check enterprise and restrict and stunt individual effort and opportunity, rhese evils, so often predicted, are now fully realized, and the vast trusts which now control the industries of the country will, in the near future, openly dominate, as they now secretly manipulate, all govern- mental agencies, unless by a change in the political complexion of the government and rhe enactment of laws for their suppression :h>y are deprived of further opportunity for ;he injury and enslavement of the people. We therefore pledge ourselves to wage an unceasing warfare against all trusts as dangerous foes to the peace, well-being and prospority of the people, and we demand the repeal of all laws giving special privilege to any person, class, locality or interest. REPUBLICAN. The republican party of Colorado stands committed to legislative and executive op- position to threatening combinations of cap- ital which seek to restrict competition and stifle independent producers. We invite within our borders the capitalistic Invest- ments that are material to the industrial development of the state and the largest employment of labor, but we insist that injurious combinations shall be forbidden and so-called trusts shall be regulated from time to time and be so restricted as to guarantee immunity from hurtful monopoly and assure fair treatment and protection to all competing industries. DEMOCRATIC. To all mercenary combinations known as trusts, whether money trusts or industrial trusts, we declare our unfaltering opposi- tion. They are largely the result of the unwise tariff policy forced upon the country by republican administrations, and, if not checked, will forge and fasten upon the great body of the people the chains of in- dustrial slavery, as well as dominate and control the legislation of the country and the execution of its laws. We demand that both national and state governments use every effort to suppress them. We denounce the un-American policy of the present na- tional administration whereby illegal com- binations are encouraged and the laws for the control thereof have been permitted to remain inoperative. CONNECTICUT. REPUBLICAN. The marvelous increase in the wealth of the nation has encouraged large combina- tions of capital to attempt to control the production and price of many important commodities. So far as these great cor- porations strive to lessen the cost of produc- tion without lowering the standard of wages, to the end that they may success- fully enter and command the markets of the world to the advantage of the American consumer and wage-earner, they may well be endured. But the American people will never endure monopolies which result in in- justice to laborers or extortionate price to consumers, and we believe that congress and the legislatures of the several states should without delay enact such laws as may be necessary to protect stockholders against fraud, laborers against injustice and consumers aeainst extortion. The man- agers and manipulators of the so-called trusts must remember that their charters are granted to them by the people and that the people will and ought to hold them to strict accountability for the exceptional privileges they are permitted to enjoy. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. DELAWARE. REPUBLICAN. (Regular.) We denounce and condemn all combina- tions or monopolies which stifle fair compe- tition and unjustly increase prices to the consumer. REPUBLICAN. (Addicks faction.) That all combinations or trusts, so called, whose operation, management and control increase the cost of any article or com- modity to the consumer are a menace to the safety of the country and should be so regulated and controlled by proper and ade- quate legislation that said operation, man- agement and control will in the future inure to the benefit of the people. And if it is found impossible to permit the existence of such combinations or trusts under such re- stricted conditions then we demand such legislation as will completely abolish them. DEMOCRATIC. We point to the growth of trusts and monopolies as one of the evil results of the ascendency of the republican party at Washington. By the present tariff law, and in numerous ways, special privileges and undue favors have been extended to favored classes and huge corporations. The older trusts have all been strengthened and new trusts, too numerous to mention, have been created since McKinley became president. These trusts devour the prosperity which appears in the land as a result of the in- dustry of the people, and consequently the masses have had little taste of the fruit of their own labor. If the people do not speed- ily dominate, regulate and control these trusts the trusts will permanently dominate and control the government and continue indefinitely to levy exactions upon the peo- ple. We submit that the republican party, itself controlled by the trusts, cannot safely be relied on to curb the trusts, and we de- mand that the government be taken out of the hands of the friends of monopoly and restored to the untrammeled representatives of the people. FLORIDA. DEMOCRATIC. The enormous growth and influence of the power of the trusts challenges the atten- tion of the people, chokes the prosperity of the masses of the people, threatens the in- tegrity and permanency of our institutions and, next to imperialism, presents the most vital question which must be settled at the coming election. GEORGIA. DEMOCRATIC. We view with alarm the multiplication of those combinations of capital, commonly known as trusts, that are concentrating and monopolizing the industries of the country, crushing out the independent producers of limited means, destroying competition, re- straining the opportunities for labor, arti- ficially limiting production and raising prices, and we emphatically declare our op- position to all such unlawful combinations and demand the enactment of such laws, both state and national, as will aid in the destruction of these great combinations and trusts. IDAHO. REPUBLICAN. True to the principles of the republican faith and recognizing tne duty and care of a government founded thereon to all its people, both rich and poor alike, and not to any favored class, we denounce trusts as the most dangerous product of aggregated capital and we recommend the early adop- tion of such co-operative national and state legislation as will destroy their power for harm. ILLINOIS. REPUBLICAN. We favor such legislation as will destroy all unlawful combinations of capital formed for the purpose of limiting production or increasing the price of manufactured prod- ucts. All aggregations of capital formed for this purpose are detrimental to the best interests of trade and hostile to the laboring people. DEMOCRATIC. Trusts and monopolies, formed for the purpose of arbitrarily controlling products and prices in the interest solely of combined capital, if allowed to go on, can result only in industrial serfdom for the mass of the people. We therefore oppose such combi- nations and demand that not only existing laws against such combinations in restraint of trade be rigidly enforced, but believing that protective tariffs and railway discrim- inations have been and still are the chief supporters of monopolies, we favor the re- muval -of duties from all imports monopo- lized by trusts and also demand the enact- ment and enforcement of such legislation as- will prevent every species of discrimina- tion; and believing that the courageous and honest application of the democratic maxim of "equal rights to all and special privi- leges to none" will be effective to destroy and thereafter prevent any trust or com- bination of capital that is prejudicial to the general welfare, we demand the repeal of all such laws giving special privileges to any person, class, locality or .interests. INDIANA. REPUBLICAN. Combinations of capital having as their object or effect the control of the production of commodities, or the markets thereof, are hurtful and injurious to the best interests of the people. This evil should be overthrown without injury to honest trade. We there- fore favor such additional legislation, both state and national, as shall establish the complete legal control over all trusts and monopolies, with full power to dissolve the same, and mete proper punishment to all who thus seek to destroy honest competition and prevent the widest possible employment to labor. DEMOCRATIC. We call attention to the extraordinary concentration of wealth and the alarming growth of monopoly during the McKinley administration; the arbitrary regulation of markets; the increased cost of living; the loss of industrial independence; the despotic power of employment and dis- charge of American labor, now concent rat- ing in a few hands; the activity of these monopolies in polities; their increasing in- fluence in the enactment and enforcement of laws, and the unconcern or real favor with UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 81 which these things are regarded by the re- publican leaders. Relief cannot be expected so loiig as the friends of trusts remain in office. The democratic party, free from their influence, and not embarrassed by their favors, pledges its representatives in office to the positive enactment and enforcement of antitrust legislation. IOWA. REPUBLICAN. We favor legislation that will effectually protect the public from the evils of com- bination^ in restraint of trade. For meas- ures to properly restrict the power of aggre- gated capital, to protect the individual rights of all men and preserve freedom of competition and of opportunity we rely upon the republican party, trusting to that wise and safe statesmanship which in emer- gencies of the last four years has been so satisfactorily tested. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and the protective policy of the republican party, upon which they are founded, and demand legislation that will relieve the people from their burdens promptly, thoroughly and effectively. PEOPLE'S PARTY. Wo favor the most rigid legislation in suppression of all forms of trusts. All classes of goods controlled by trusts should be placed upon the free list. KANSAS. REPUBLICAN. We demand the prompt, efficient and faithful enforcement of the antitrust act of 1890, and such additional and supple- mental legislation as will meet the defects thereof, as indicated by the Supreme court of the United States in its recent decisions; and we denounce the combination and cre- ation of corporate trusts and monopolies, which seek to become the controllers of in- dustry and the arbitrators of prices, as contrary to the common law, destructive of individual effort and enterprise and inim- ical to the welfare of the people and the state and the nation. DEMOCRATIC. We demand the enforcement of the fed- eral laws against trusts by throwing open to foreign competition, through the enlarge- ment of the free list, every business man- aged by a trust and by the enactment and rigid enforcement of drastic antitrust laws in Kansas. PEOPLE'S PARTY. The enormous growth of the combinations of capital known as trusts, whereby the con- trol of the means of production and distri- bution is centered in the hands of a few favorite individuals, presents a condition which is a menace to free government. The republican party has had absolute control of the government for the past four years, but has utterly failed to present a remedy for those evils, and we charge that the leaders of the party are dominated and controlled by the trust interests of the country- We believe that th<^ practical solution of tho trust problem lies in the direction of a more extensive application of the principles of government ownership. We therefore demand the government ownership of all public utilities in our cities, the state and the nation. We further demand the abol- ishment of all special privilegws given to capital, including protective duties on arti- cles manufactured and used by trusts or combinations in restraint of trade, and declare that when any business becomes a monopoly it should be taken out of the control of private individuals and be owned and operated by the government, and we favor such amendments to the state and national constitution as will place the com- plete control of all such combinations of capital in restraint of trade in the hands of congress and the legislatures of the sev- eral states. KENTUCKY. DEMOCRATIC. We express our unqualified opposition to these immense combinations of capital com- monly known as "trusts," which are con- centrating and monopolizing industry and business, crushing out independent pro- ducers of limited means, destroying com- petition, restricting opportunities for labor, artificially limiting production, raising prices, and by reason of their alarming multiplication throughout the country are rapidly creating a condition which is be- coming intolerable and dangerous to the peace and safety of the republic. We con- demn the republican party, having control of both houses of congress and the execu- tive, for refusing and failing to enact any law for their suppression and destruction. LOUISIANA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce trusts and combinations in the restraint of trade and demand such leg- islation by both congress and the state gov- ernments as will promptly, thoroughly and effectually relieve the people from their burdens. MAINE. DEMOCRATIC. (3d congressional district.) We denounce the republican party for pro- tecting and fostering the criminal trusts, which, dominating the whole field of Amer- ican industry, are forcing untold millions of tribute from the laboring masses to swell the coffers of plutocracy. MARYLAND. REPUBLICAN. Combinations of capital, having as their object or effect the control of the production of commodities, their markets and prices, are injurious to the best interests of the people. The republican party has endeav- ored to overthrow this evil without injury to honest trade. We favor such additional legislation, state and national, as shall es- tablish complete legal control over all trusts and monopolies, with full power to d'ssolve the same and inflict punishment on all who thus seek for personal gain to destroy hon- est competition and prevent the widest pos- sible employment to labor. MASSACHUSETTS. REPUBLICAN*. The very prosperity of recent years has had a tendency to encourage combinations of capital for industrial and commercial 82 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. purposes so great and unprecedented as to require the serious and careful considera- tion of the people of the nation. In so far as such combinations are for lawful pur- poses they may not be restrained. But whenever they tend to impair the equal rights and privileges of all citizens by re- straint of trade, by oppression of weaker competitors", or by enhancing the cost of the necessities of life, they become unlaw- ful and must be sternly dealt with. Such combinations are the inevitable results of the sharp competition which relentlessly enforces reductions of costs, and are fre- quently an incident of prosperity; but the evils which arise from them are not to be cured by a return to adversity through the success of the democratic party. Such a remedy would be worse than the disease. Whenever they become destructive of the rights of citizens they should be suppressed by adequate statutes enacted by the legisla- tures of the states, or by congress if the resulting evils are beyond the power and jurisdiction of the states. If they create business disorder and commercial panic by the practice of concealment and secrecy, they should be made to stand forth in the light of publicity; and if by the power of their combined capital they are enabled to obtain disproportionate advantages they should be taxed according to the value of the franchises they enjoy. The true solu- tion of these economic problems is the pre- rogative of no party, but is rather the com- mon duty of all the citizens. The repub- lican party, however, stands, and has always stood, for the protection of the rights of the citizen, not only from foreign but from domestic interference, and may be trusted to deal with these combinations in such a way as to secure the fullest liberty of private enterprise without working the destruction of the prosperity of the nation. DEMOCRATIC. The monopolistic corporations, or consoli- dations of corporations, known commonly as trusts, are wholly evil, pernicious and con- trary to public policy. They despoil with one hand the producer and with the other the consumer. They have closed the ave- nues of employment to hundreds of thou- sands of men, including all classes, from the day laborer to the successful salesman. By their methods of coercion and intimida- tion, re-enforced as they are by the corrupt favor of railroad corporations, they drive out of business and into penury or a position f dependence individuals engaged in pro- ductive or distributing business. Tne plea of the defenders of the trusts that by the volume of their business and by their very control of their field they are able to in- troduce economies which cheapen the price of the product to the consumer is disin- genuous, deceptive and unworthy considera- :ion. The purpose of monopoly is extortion, and neither an individual nor a corporation can be trusted with the power which mo- nopoly confers. We hold that the mere success of the democratic party in state or nation, coupled with its known and vigor- ously expressed hostility to trusts in all ;heir forms, will begin the disintegration of hese oppressive corporations. But we jledge ourselves, furthermore, to give due :rial to such remedies as may hasten this orocess for example, a compulsory system of publicity for all trust records and ac- counts; a federal law prohibiting a monop- oly from making more divergent prices for its products in different parts of the coun- try than are warranted by differing rat._, thus preventing underselling in one state to drive out competition at the expense of the consumer in other states where the monopoly is complete; and a more rigid enforcement of the law against railroad di criminations, pending the actual govern- ment ownership and operation of all rail- roads which this convention demands, ant which will, when accomplished, be the most effective barrier to the formation of any new trusts. And, finally, we demand that all special privileges conferred by law, whether of taxation, incorporation or opera- tion, that shall be determined to contribute to monopoly, be abrogated and annulled. MICHIGAN. EEPUBLICAN. (Convention of June 28.) We especially commend and indorse the action and work of our senators and repre- sentatives in congress in establishing our currency upon a sound basis; and we com- mend the legislation of congress looking toward the establishment of suitable gov- ernment for newly acquired territory, pro- moting the general prosperity, and in its efforts to restrain trusts and monopolies. DEMOCRATIC. We believe this policy has been dictated to and forced upon the administration of President McKinley by the mercenary com binations known as trusts. The trust is supreme in political as in industrial ac- tivities. In both it is an unmixed public evil. The economic advantages of industrial combinations are entirely lost to the people and swell the profits of arrogant and con- scienceless magnates, who feed on the rep- rehensible indifference of their victims. We request our delegates to the national convention to urge upon that body the selec- tion of the most practical and effective of the many plans for curtailing the powers of the trusts and to pledge the party to spe cific legislation upon the lines adopted. MINNESOTA. REPUBLICAN. The republican party recognizes that le- gitimate business, fairly capitalized and honestly managed, has built up our indus- tries at home, given the largest employ- ment to labor and highest wages, and en- abled us successfully to compete with for- eign countries in the markets of the world. But the republican party now, as always, is unalterably opposed to all trusts and com- binations having for their purpose the sti- fling of competition and arbitrarily control- ling production or fixing prices. Among other remedies we favor legislation provid- ing for the utmost publicity as to the in- ternal affairs of this class of corporations, and we favor an amendment to the consti- tution of the United States granting full power to congress to protect the people against the evils threatened. DEMOCRATIC. We demand the enforcement of existing laws against trusts and combinations of capital and the arbitrary control of indus- try and trade and the enactment of what- ever additional legislation is necessary to insure the healthful play of competition in all great branches of business. Believing UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. that nearly every article upon which there is a tariff has gone into a trust, and the price thereof to the consumer has been raised from 25 to over 100 per cent, we de- mand that all articles in the United States which are controlled by a trust shall be put upon the free list. MISSISSIPPI. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to trusts, combines and all monopolies calculated to infringe upon the rights of the people, and demand the enactment of legislation, state and nation- al, to protect the people from the exactions and extortions of all such illegal organiza- tions. MISSOURI. REPUBLICAN. We are unalterably opposed to all trusts and combinations in restraint of trade or having for their purpose in the remotest degree stifling of competition; and we de- mand such legislation, both national and state, as will effectively protect the public from these evils. And if such legislation cannot be had under present constitutional powers we demand such amendments to the constitution of the United States as will suppress such combinations. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce as one of the most trying evils of the day the present tendency toward monopoly and the destruction of competition, particularly the industrial combine commonly known as trust. We ar- raign the republican party as guilty of the grossest hypocrisy in the treatment of this question in that being in the ascendency in congress it has steadfastly refused to pass any of the legislation which has been pro- posed to curb the power of trusts; has failed to withdraw tariff protection from trust-made goods and has constituted the leaders of trusts as the leaders of its party in the nation and has accepted from them contributions of millions of dollars to its gigantic corruption fund, which fact in it- self is a menace to the stability of our free institutions. We declare that the existence of trusts is opposed to the public welfare as regards the employment of thousands of persons who have been deprived of means of livelihood, and in their exactions from consumers. In addition to this they are a threat against liberty itself in that they undertake to control our elections with money. While we would protect legitimate business corporations in all their just rights, we hereby emphatically voice our opposition to the continuance of trust domination in the business affairs and politics of the nation, and we pledge ourselves, as we have given to the people possible legislation on this subject in our state, to see to it that it is enforced; and that it shall be when in our power enforced by the federal govern- ment ; believing, as we do, wherever the federal government will co-operate in its sphere with the state government in this direction that the people will have the re- lief to which they are entitled. PEOPLE'S PARTY. We denounce both the republican and democratic party leaders for their unfair and unpatriotic defense and protection of the corporations of the nation in their pri- vate ownership and exercise of sovereign functions of the state, and we demand that such ownership and exercise shall forever- cease; that all public functions shall here- after be exercised by the public solely for the public benefit, and that all railroads, telegraphs and telephones, street railways and all other public utilities shall be owned and operated directly by the people and for the people, without allowing rake-offs there- from to any corporation, political party or private power whatsoever. The issuance of licenses to trusts, thereby making trusts legitimate and permanently fastening them upon the nation, under the plan now be- ing advocated by William J. Bryan and by John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil trust we denounce as a designing scheme to enable corrupt and decaying political parties, by the levy of political blackmail upon the trusts, to extort enormous sums, under the name of campaign funds, for use in the corruption of state and national elec- tions. We further denounce the proposed postponement of all action against trusts until new state and national laws can be enacted against them and unti, new pro- hibitive constitutional amendments can be adopted as a mere specious scheme to de- lay, advocated solely in the interest of the trusts and against the people. We demand that all corporations conducting the busi- ness of a trust in whole or in part, or in any way combined for the restraint of trade, or for advancing the price of goods manufactured or dealt in by them, or for the purpose of securing a reduction either in the wages paid employes or in the prices paid for raw materials, shall be immediate- ly proceeded against, in appropriate legal actions, for the forfeiture of their fran- chises, upon the grounds that such corpora- tions and trusts restrain trade, that they are immoral, and that their continued ex- istence and operation is against sound pub- lic policy and a menace to the state, and we further demand that our existing cor- poration laws shall be so amended that no new franchise can be hereafter granted to any trust. MONTANA. REPUBLICAN. We favor stringent legislation such as will destroy all unlawful combinations of capital formed for the purpose of limiting the production or increasing the price of prod- ucts. Combinations of capital formed for this purpose are dangerous to the interests of trade and hostile to the laboring people. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party as the father of trusts and the diverter of the natural prosperity of the country into the pockets of the rich. NEBRASKA. REPUBLICAN. The republican party recognizes that legitimate business, fairly capitalized and honestly managed, has built up our indus- tries at home, given the largest employment to labor at highest wage and enabled us successfully to compete with foreign coun- tries in the markets of the world. But the republican party now, as always, is un- alterably opposed to all truats and com- binations having for their purpose the stifling of competition and arbitrarily con- trolling productions or fixing prices. We CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. refer to the fact that all restrictive legisla tion in the national congress has been the product of the republican party and we de- mand in substance the following amend- ment to the constitution of the United States: "Congress shall have the power to regulate and control any and all corpora- tions, copartnerships and joint stock com- panies, and to enact such laws as will pre- vent any and all combinations in restraint of production and trade, the formation of trusts and such other combinations of cap- ital as operate to prevent free competition." DEMOCRATIC. We pledge ourselves to wage an unceasing warfare against all trusts the money trust, the industrial trust and the international laud-grabbing trust. We believe that pri- vate monopolies are indefensible and intol- erable and we condemn the national admin- istration for its failure to enforce the pres- ent law against the trusts or to recommend a more effective law. We favor a state con- stitution which will prohibit the organiza- tion of a monopoly within the state and also prevent a monopoly organized elsewhere from doing business within the state; but we further believe that congress should sup- plement the efforts of the state by legisla- tion which will require every corporation, before engaging in interstate commerce, to show that it has no water in its stock and that it has neither attempted in the past nor is attempting to monopolize any branch of business or the production of any article of merchandise. NEVADA. DEMOCRATIC. No convention. Delegates were appointed by the state committee. NEW JERSEY. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party in its open effort to foster trusts in the great in- dustrial trades at the expense of the inter- ests of the whole people, arid especially of the laboring man. The growth of these mo- nopolies has been so dangerous as to require instant legislative redress. We call for strict enforcement of our present laws against these monopolies, and we demand more stringent legislation, both state and national, including a constitutional amend- ment if necessary, to regulate and correct their evil tendencies. We declare for rigid inspection of their books by proper state and national officers. For infractions of the law we demand that their charters be re- voked. We favor the removal of protective duties from all products which are found to nter into competition with the output of these unlawful combinations. NEW HAMPSHIRE. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party for fostering and protecting the criminal trusts which, dominating the whole field of Amer- ican industry, are forcing untold millions of tribute from the laboring masses to swell he coffers of plutocracy. % NEW YORK. DEMOCRATIC. We express our unqualified opposition to those immense combinations of capital, commonly known as "trusts," which ar concentrating and monopolizing industrj and business, crushing out independent pro ducers of limited means, destroying compe titiou, restricting opportunities for labor artificially limiting production, raising prices, and by reason of their alariuinj. multiplication throughout the country art rapidly creating a condition which is be coming intolerable. These trusts and com binations are the direct outgrowth of tht policy of the republican party, which has created, fostered and protected them. I receives their support and solicits and ac cepts their prodigal contributions to aid its retention in power, and it is therefore in capacitated and unwilling to abolish and destroy them. The necessary relief by leg islation or otherwise for the correction 01 these evils can only be secured from th( opponents of these trusts and not from theii tools, associates and apologists. The peo- ple view with distrust the recent ostenta tious, futile and insincere efforts of repub lican leaders in Washington to apparent!} do something for the first time in relation to trusts on the eve of a presidential elec tion, after a refusal for years to even scri ously consider the popular demand in that direction. The democratic party pledges it- self that if intrusted with power, in either the state or the nation, it will devote its best energies to the relief of the peopl from these oppressive monopolies. NORTH CAROLINA. REPUBLICAN. We are opposed to combinations of capita whenever they become destructive of the rights of individual citizens, and such com- binations should be suppressed by adequate statutes enacted bythe legislatures of thi several states, or by congress if the result- ing evils are beyond the power and juris- diction of the states. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce all trusts, monopolies and trade combinations, and demand the pass- age of such legislation, state or national, as will suppress the same. NORTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. We recognize the evil of unlimited aggre gation of capital in trusts and monopolistic corporations, and urge congress to taki such action as will most effectually sup press such evil. DEMOCRATIC. No declaration. See plank on the tariff. OHIO. REPUBLICAN. The republican party of Ohio stands com- mitted to legislative and executive oppo- sition to the threatening combinations of capital that seek to restrict competition and stifle independent producers. We invite within our borders the capitalistic invest- ments that are material to the industrial development of the state and the largest 'mployment of labor, but we insist that njurious combinations shall be forbidden ind so-called trusts shall be so regulated Jrom time to time and be so restricted as to guarantee immunity from hurtful monopoly UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 85 and assure fair treatment and protection to all competing industries. DEMOCRATIC. Trusts and monopolies, formed for the purpose of arbitrarily controlling production and prices in the interest solely of combined capital, if allowed to go on can result only in industrial serfdom for the mass of the people. We therefore oppose such com- binations and demand that not only shall existing laws against combinations in re- straint of trade be rigidly enforced, but, believing that protective tariffs and railway discriminations have been, and still are, the chief supporters of monopolies, we favor the removal of all duties from imports monopolized by trusts, and also demand the enactment and enforcement of such legisla- tion as will prevent every species of dis- crimination, and believe that the courageous and honest application of the democratic maxim of "equal rights to all and special privileges to none" will be effective to destroy and thereafter prevent any trust or combination of capital that is prejudicial to the general welfare; we demand the repeal of all laws giving special privileges to any person, class, locality or interests. OREGON. EEPUBLICAN. The republican party in Oregon recognizes the vital necessity of control of the organ- zation and curtailment of the powers of trusts and combinations of capital by the state within its borders, and pledges its support in the approaching legislature to Laws defining and carrying out those objects. DEMOCRATIC. We demand that articles controlled by trusts be placed upon the free lists, and we favor the enactment and enforcement of uch laws as will effectually suppress and destroy all trusts and all combinations of apital that control free intercourse and trade among our people. PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN. W 7 e declare against all unlawful and il- legal combinations of capital to the detri- ment of business and trade and against the best interest of the laboring people. We ilso favor the enactment of such immigra- ion laws as will protect the American aborer from the unfair competition of the ?heap and pauper labor of Europe. DEMOCRATIC. We demand the prompt, efficient and 'aithful enforcement of the antitrust act of 890, and such additional and supplemental egialation as will meet the defects thereof is indicated by the Supreme court of the Jnited States in its recent decisions; and ve denounce the combination and creation >f corporate trusts and monopolies as con- rary to the common law, destructive of ndividual effort and enterprise and inimical o the welfare of the people and the state. RHODE ISLAND. REPUBLICAN. While existing federal legislation concern- ng injurious combinations is the work of a epubOcan congress, and was approved by a epoblican president, yet we favor such fur- ther legislation, both state and national, as shall abolish and render impossible all those dishonestly organized aggregations of cap- ital commonly called "trusts," however they may be created or by whomsoever they may be controlled, which have for their purpose the stifling of competition, the arbi trary fixing of prices or controlling of pro- duction, and which destroy the just oppor tunities of labor and plunder the public. DEMOCRATIC. When a corporation possesses the power to arbitrarily raise prices or depress wages it is in effect a trust. Every such trust existing in the United States should be controlled by national legislation, and, when based upon a monopoly, its special privilege should be abolished. SOUTH CAROLINA. DEMOCRATIC. We view with alarm the power which the trusts, through the republican party, are exercising over legislation and national policies, and their ability to control the prices of the necessities of life without re- gard to the law of supply and demand. We condemn the hypocritical attitude of the republican leaders, who abuse trusts and combines, while they use the money ob- tained from them and stolen from the peo- ple to debauch the ignorant voters of the country. SOUTH DAKOTA. REPUBLICAN. The republican party recognizes that legitimate business, fairly capitalized and honestly managed, has built up our indus- tries at home, given the largest employ- ment to labor at the highest wages and enabled us successfully to compete with foreign countries in the markets of the world. Combinations of capital, having as their object or effect the control of the pro- duction of commodities, or the markets thereof, are hurtful and injurious to the best interests of the people. This evil should be overthrown without, injury to honest trade. We therefore favor such ad- ditional legislation, both state and national, as shall establish complete legal control over all trusts and monopolies, with full power to dissolve the same, and mete proper punishment to all who thus seek to destroy honest competition and prevent the widest possible employment of labor. And we favor such amendment to the constitu- tion of the United States as will give to congress full power to enact such legisla- tion. DEMOCRATIC. We declare our opposition to the policy of imperialism and to all forms of trusts and monopolies fostered and maintained as they have been by the present republican admin- istration. TENNESSEE. REPUBLICAN. We strongly favor state and national leg- islation for the suppression of dishonestly organized trusts and combinations which create monopoly, strangle competition and oppress labor. But we are opposed to legis- lation which, under the guise of an attack upon such trusts and combinations, indis- criminately strikes at legitimate business CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. interests, fairly capitalized and honestly managed. Especially to be deplored is the reckless absurdity of such vicious and un- fair legislation in the south, where new in- dustries are springing up with a rapidity and on a scale never before known, de- veloping her resources and giving ^mploy-. ment to labor. REPUBLICAN. (Evans faction.) We are opposed to all pools, combines and trusts organizing for the purpose of trade or traffic or to increase the price of com- modities to the consumer; and we favor the enactment of wise and judicious laws by our state legislature for the purpose of controlling and regulating the same. DEMOCRATIC. We join issue with the republican party as both the father and mother of the com- bine and the trust, and of the protective tariff, as the guardian and next friend of all class legislation, as the breeder of favoritism and privilege under cover of law, and of an inequality and iniquity in legisla- tive and governmental policy which benefits the few at the expense of the many, and which as a party is the mortal foe of an income tax, than which no tax can be more beneficial to government or more just and equitable to the people; and we deem it an immediate and pressing duty of gov- ernment to enact such legislation, either controlling or prohibitory in its nature, as the case may require, so as to utterly and completely prevent any aggregation of cap- ital or combinations of individuals or cor- porations from being able at will to restrict trade, control prices, create monopoly or crush competition, and we declare combines or trusts having such purpose, object or effect as inimical to the interests of the individual citizen and the public morals and welfare; and we think the democratic party in its national convention should solemnly pledge the party as an organiza- tion, both in the states and in the country at large, to the selection of legislators, both state and national, pledged under their party fealty to act and labor in. their re- spective spheres by prompt and proper leg- islation to carry out this policy. UTAH. REPUBLICAN. We urge that all trusts or combines of capital when established to wring unusual profits from consumers are crimes to be pun- ished alike by state and national laws. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the policy of the republican party which has resulted in the gigantic trusts and combinations, made possible by high protective and prohibitive tariffs. ^As a legitimate result of this legislation we point to the Standard Oil trust, the sugar trust, the steel trust and many other com- binations of corporate money power result- ing in oppression of the people. Those great monopolies prevent honest and fair compe- tition; they destroy smaller but legitimate and wholesome enterprises; maintain ex- orbitant prices and rates and illegally enrich those engaged therein. Their pro- moters corrupt state and national legisla- tion, control courts, elect state and na- tional officers and dominate in all the busi- ness avenues of life. We favor effective legislation, both state and national, to de- stroy such monopolies and thereby secure individual opportunity and commercial free- dom. We call special attention to the rapid growth of trusts under the McKinley ad- ministration and charge that the people who are and have been instrumental in the organization of these great trusts are to- day and will be during the campaign of 1900 managing and controlling absolutely the re- publican party. We solemnly warn the people of our state that the growth and ex- istence of combinations of capital for the purpose of controlling the products of the soil and man's industry, made possible by republican legislation, are tending toward a complete centralization of power in the few, and if permittee] to continue will eventually imperil the life of the republic. VERMONT. DE 70CHATIC. We denounc -is contrary to the common law, destructive of individual effort and enterprise and inimical to the welfare of the people the creation of corporate trusts and monopolies which, under the false pre- tense of cheapening products to the con- sumer, are being assisted and defended by the republican party. We demand the rigid enforcement of all antitrust laws now in force and the enactment of such additional laws as may be necessary to curb and dis- solve these unholy alliances, restore healthy and necessary competition and prevent the centralization of the wealth of the nation in the hands of a small number of its in habitants. VIRGINIA. DEMOCRATIC. We declare unalterable opposition to criminal trusts and to every other illegal combination of capital. We denounce such trusts as a serious menace to the public welfare, restricting the opportunities and absorbing the substance of the people. They are the direct product of partial and unjust legislation and the reckless multi- plication of corporations without suitable provisions for their control. The rights of American freemen must not be sacrificed in the interest of corporations banded together for their destruction. W T e arraign the re publican party both for its failure to en- force existing laws and to enact others against the trusts. WASHINGTON. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the present republican na- tional administration in its attitude toward the trusts, and we believe that trusts should be controlled by the national govern- ment so far as interstate in their opera- tions, and favor rigid laws to this end. WEST VIRGINIA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the republican party's sys tern of legislation, which has fostered the growth of trusts and monopolies, and de- mand a return to that system of taxation which alone is authorized by the constitu tion. viz., that all taxation shall be for public purposes and for revenue only, and so levied as not to discriminate against any state or section. We denounce the system UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. 87 of protective tariff legislation as the "mother of trusts," and demand a return to constitutional methods in the adminis- tration of the federal government, and in- sist upon a strict limitation of the powers delegated to it by the constitution. WISCONSIN. DEMOCRATIC. We express our unqualified opposition to those immense combinations of capital com- monly known as trusts which concentrate and monopolize industry and business, crush out independent producers, destroy competi- tion and restrict opportunities for labor, ! limit production and arbitrarily raise the prices of the necessaries of life. WYOMING. DEMOCRATIC. We favor governmental supervision, by suitable legislation, of all trusts and com- binations of capital, especially tariff-cre- ated monopolies, to the end that lawful | competition in the avenues of commerce ! and trade may not be destroyed and that the dangerous encroachments of large aggre- ! gations of capital into the functions of gov- i ernment may be effectually curbed. THE TARIFF. ALABAMA. DEMOCRATIC. The democratic party believes in com- mercial expansion, the extension of trade by the freeing of it from all unnecessary burdens, and more particularly in the add- ing of needed facilities, so that our com- merce shall be encouraged and all tne world may come in close touch with our prosperity. ARKANSAS. REPUBLICAN. We favor the doctrine of protection to American labor as the soundest policy ever devised for improving the wages and general condition of the workingman; as the best possible promoter of manufactures; the surest m ans of enriching a nation; as being the handmaid of agriculture and the nurse of commerce. CALIFORNIA. REPUBLICAN'. We declare our continued adherence to the policy by which the republican party has proved itself, in fact as in theory, the friend of labor, and under which our manu- factures not only control the home market but are taking first rank in foreign mar- kets throughout the world. DEMOCRATIC. We call attention to the inconsistency of the republican party, which, while imposing extravagant taxation upon the masses of the American people for the benefit of fa- vored interests, under the guise of protect- ing American labor, is at the same time pursuing a policy which, if successful, must result in bringing the American toiler into direct competition with millions of un- assimilative Asiatics. COLORADO. DEMOCRATIC. We favor a tariff system for the sole pur- pose of revenue necessary to defray the ex- penses of government economically admin- istered and not for the special protection of any industry. CONNECTICUT. REPUBLICAN. We call attention of the poople of Con- necticut to the fact that the all important and vital promises made in that platform in relation to the gold standard, currency reform and the tariff have been strictly kept and made a part of the law of th" land by a republican congress in the face of bitter and almost unanimous democratic opposition, thereby again demonstrating to the nation that the republican party, as the party of the people, always fearlessly and unremittingly protects and maintains American credit, American industries and the wages of the American laborer. DELAWARE. REPUBLICAN. (Regular.) With profound satisfaction we call atten- tion to the unparalleled prosperity now pre- vailing in every section of the country, to which the wise financial and tariff policies of the party have so largely contributed, and we unreservedly indorse and praise the sagacious and patriotic administration of the national government by President Mc- Kinley and his constitutional advisers. REPUBLICAN. (Addicks wing.) Imposts and duties should be continued on the manufactured goods of foreign coun- tries which enter into competition witti the American workman, for his protection; and that such imposts and duties should be so laid that they discriminate in favor of goods imported in American ships. DEMOCRATIC. By the present tariff law, and in numer- ous ways, special privileges and undue favors have been extended to favored classes and huge corporations. The older trusts have all been strengthened and new trusts, too numerous to mention, have been created since McKinley became president. These trusts devour the prosperity which appears in the land as a result of the in- dustry of the people, and consequently the masses have had little taste of the fruit of their own labor. FLORIDA. REPUBLICAN. This convention notes with much pleasure that our friends in Florida are accepting the tenets of republicanism when we see the business men assembled in convention and asking "protection." DEMOCRATIC. We favor the reduction of the tariff to a revenue basis and the putting upon the free list of all articles the prices of which are fixed by trusts or monopolies. GEORGIA. REPUBLICAN. In the interests of American labor and commerce we believe that American prod- ucts should be carried in American ships CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1001. and favor the upbuilding of the American merchant marine, which will give us our share in the carrying trade of the world in time of peace and will constitute an effec- tive naval militia in time of war. DEMOCRATIC. Public taxation should not be imposed for private purposes; we therefore adhere to the doctrine of a tariff for revenue only. We are convinced that the protective tariff system is the hot-bed that has produced these vast numbers of trusts and combina- tions, and we demand that they be sup- pressed by the repeal of the protective tariff and other privilege-conferring legislation responsible for them. ILLINOIS. REPUBLICAN. Our foreign commerce, which under a democratic administration was much crip- pled by the repeal of the reciprocity sec- tion of the McKiuley law and the substitu- tion of free-trade principles for the protec- tion given to American industries and labor under republican legislation, has been re- habilitated under the present republican administration and a ready market is now found for the surplus productions of our farms and factories in foreign ports; and our export trade is the largest known in our history. DEMOCRATIC. We declare for the greatest liberty to the individual and our earnest opposition to all sumptuary laws; and we believe in the rigid restriction of government, both state and national, to the legitimate domain of political power by excluding therefrom all executive and legislative intermeddling with the affairs of society whereby monop- olies are fostered, privileged classes ag- grandized and individual freedom unneces- sarily and oppressively restrained. INDIANA. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm our belief in the doctrines of reciprocity and protection to American labor and home industries, and point to the beneficial results which have come from the enactment of the Dingley law. It will be the care of the republican party to main- tain the law in harmoney with changing conditions from time to time; so that it shall, at all times, subserve the purpose of protection to the interests of labor and pro- duction. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to a protective tariff, and condemn the Dingley law as the culminat- ing atrocity of the protective policy. It is unjustifiable in principle and pernicious in practice, and has contributed to the develop- ment and fostering of trusts, which have been maintained under that law at their highest point. The menace of monopoly at this time is most pronounced, and no sin- cere effort has been made by the republican party, now in full control of the govern- ment, to strike a blow at the trust outrage. We therefore demand the removal of all tariff from articles made or controlled by a rust and that no tariff be levied for other purposes than revenue. IOWA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and the protective policy of the republican party upon which they are founded, and demand legislation that will relieve the people from their burdens promptly, thoroughly and effectively. KANSAS. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm our allegiance to the prin ciples of reciprocity and protection t( American labor as exemplified in the Ding ley law. DEMOCRATIC. \Ve demand a tariff for revenue only which would place all citizens on an equal ity with our farmers, and conform to th< Jeffersonian theory of "equal rights for all special privileges for none." The apprecia tion of money under the gold standard in sures low prices for farm products am labor, while the trusts push up the prici of everything used on the farm and in th< home, and this they are enabled to do by operation of the tariff "the mother o trusts." W r e demand relief from this odious system by the enforcement of the federa laws against trusts, by throwing open to foreign competition, through the enlarge ment of the free list, every business man aged by a trust, and by the enactment anc rigid enforcement of drastic antitrust laws in Kansas. KENTUCKY. REPUBLICAN. We favor proper legislation by the na tional congress leading to the upbuilding of our merchant marine, so that the products of American farms, workshops, mines and forests may be carried in American-built. American-owned and American-manned ships, and the .marvelous progress of our inland industries be equaled by commercial triumphs on the high seas. MASSACHUSETTS. REPUBLICAN. Every position maintained in the plat form of 1896 has been adhered to; every pledge has been kept. Cuba has been set free and Spanish dominion in America has come to an end. The monetary system of the nation has been put upon a sound and uniform gold basis. The sectional and un- just tariff laws of the last administration have been replaced by legislation adequate to the protection of American labor and the development of American business. MISSOURI. DEMOCRATIC. We declare that the federal government has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for the rev<'ijiK>. and we demand the imposition of war taxes shall be greatly reduced and limited to th > necessities of the government when honest- Sand economically administered, and in e case of trust-manufactured goods that they shall be placed on the free list. NEBRASKA. REPUBLICAN. We point with pride to the remodeling of our tariff laws, which has increased our revenues and not impeded trad*-; which has opened the doors of mills and factories to UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. the millions of American skilled mechanics, and is returning to them the higher wages that are the just recompense for their toil. DEMOCRATIC. We condemn the Dingley tariff law as a trust-breeding and extortion-inviting meas- ure, skillfully devised for the purpose of giving to a few favors which they do not deserve and of placing upon the many bur- dens which they should not bear. NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN. We demand the immediate enactment of legislation similar to that favorably re- ported to each branch of congress, so that American-built, American-owned and Amer- ican-manned ships may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce. NEW HAMPSHIRE. REPUBLICAN. We rejoice in the passage of the Dingley act, and in the greatly increased prosperity of the people which has followed. NEW YORK. DEMOCRATIC. We hold to the doctrine that public taxa- tion should not be import d lor private pur- poses, and adhere to the principle of a tariff for revenue only. We are opposed to governmental partnership with protected monopolies, and we demand that import duties, like other taxes, should be impar- tially laid and so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country, not dis- criminating between class or section, and their imposition limited to the necessities of the government honestly and economically administered. Federal taxation, any more than state taxation, should not be imposed to benefit individual interests at the ex- pense of the general welfare. We repudiate the doctrine that it is the province of this government, by the exercise or abuse of the power of tariff taxation, to build up one man's business at the expense of another's or to impose burdens upon one class of citi- zens for the benefit of other classes, and we insist that the principle that there shall be no public taxation except for public pur- poses is the true theory upon which our system of government is based aud upon which it should be administered. NORTH CAROLINA. DEMOCRATIC. We denounce the tariff legislation of the republican party which has increased the burdens of taxation upon our consumers and increased the powers of the trusts and monopolies to rob the people. Believing that under our present method of federal taxation more than three-fourths of our national revenues are paid by people owning less than one-fourth of the property of the country, we protest against such inequality and injustice, and in order to remedy to some extent this groat wrong we favor an income tax and favor all constitutional methods to sustain it. NORTH DAKOTA. DEMOCRATIC. We are opposed to the republican prin- ciple of protection, which makes it possible for combinations to restrain trade and eliminate competition by fostering trusts and monopolies. OHIO. REPUBLICAN. Under its wise and beneficent adminis- tration [the platform of '96 J the republican party passed into law the Dingley tariff bill and restored prosperity to the country. The foreign trade of the United States is to-day greater and more profitable than ever be- fore and in this field of effort the United States is outstripping all the nations of the world. DEMOCRATIC. Trusts and monopolies, formed for the purpose of arbitrarily controlling production and prices in the interest solely of com- bined capital, if allowed to go on can re- sult only in industrial serfdom for the mass of people. We therefore oppose all such combinations and demand that not only shall existing laws against combinations in restraint of trade be rigidly enforced, but believing that protective tariffs and railway discriminations have been, and still are, the chief supporters of monopolies, we favor the removal of all duties from im- ports monopolized by trusts and also de- mand the enactment and enforcement of such legislation as will prevent every spe- cies of discrimination, and believing that the courageous and honest application of the democratic maxim of "equal rights to all and special privileges to none" will be effective to destroy, and thereafter prevent, any trust or combination of capital that is prejudicial to the general welfare, we de- mand the repeal of all laws giving special ?rivilege to any person, class, locality or aterest. OREGON. DEMOCRATIC. We condemn the present republican con- gress for obeying the demand of the trusts for a tariff upon goods imported to Porto Rico and inhibiting free intercourse be- tween our people and the people of Porto Rico in the matter of trade. We condemn the Dingley tariff law as a trust-breeding and extortion-inviting measure, skillfully devised for the purpose of giving to a few favors which they do not deserve and of placing upon the many burdens which they should not bear. PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN. The business, economic and social condi- tions prevailing in the country at the close of the Cleveland administration were de- plorable. Industry was paralyzed, monetary values were uncertain and the public treas- ury was depleted. All these conditions are now changed. All branches of industry are active, and less than 1 per cent of our popu- lation is unemployed. Our export trade is larger than ever known in our history, busi- ness is active and remunerative, monetary values are permanently settled and in the public treasury a large surplus replaces the deficit of the last administration. DEMOCRATIC. First, we demand a careful and thorough revision of the tariff and declare in favor of the imposition of such duties only as are necessary for an economical administration of public affairs; and we urge upon the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. democratic representatives in congress that they use their utmost efforts to secure the enactment of a law that will make It ob- ligatory upon the secretary of the treasury to place upon the free list at once every article of raw material and every item of manufactured product now used and manu- factured by any trust, monopoly or combine whatsoever, and that all corporations and combinations of capital in the nature of trusts intended to control manufactures, materials or products shall make compre- hensive and accurate public reports of their organization, condition and operation under appropriate penalties for failure so to do. TENNESSEE. REPUBLICAN. We are gratified at the remarkable growth of our foreign commerce during the last three years, but we greatly deplore the fact that because of the utter inadequacy of our own merchant marine so large a part of that commerce was handled by foreign ves- sels. In the interest of the whole country, the re-enforcement of the navy, the enlarge- ment of foreign markets for the surpli products of our farms and factories, the increased employment of our workingmen in the mine, foundry, factory and shipyard, and the training of able seamen, we believe in the restoration of our merchant marine to its former positioti on the high seas. To this end we heartily indorse the recom- mendations with reference thereto con- tained in the last annual message of Presi- dent McKinley, and urge upon our congress- men to vote for the enactment of such leg- islation as will secure to American-built, American-owned and American-manned ships the carrying of our foreign commerce. DEMOCRATIC. We believe that our interest is greatly concerned in the trade, commerce, friend- ship and navigation with the 60,000,000 of people right at our door to the south of us in Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies, whose trade, commerce and friendship we should court and cultivate by all honorable and legitimate methods. We therefore favor freedom in trade, and favor a closer friendship and commercial expan- sion generally, especially with these coun- tries and peoples. UTAH. REPUBLICAN. We rejoice in the passage of the Dingley act and in the greatly increased prosperity of the people which has followed. DEMOCRATIC. We hold that the tariff duties should be levied for the purpose of revenue, such duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country, and not discriminate between class or section, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government, honestly and economi- cally administered. W T e are opposed to the application of any tariff laws to the prod- ucts of Porto Rico, now a part of the United States, as being in violation of the federal constitution and discriminating against American citizens. VERMONT. REPUBLICAN. We believe in the policy of protection, in such a system of tariff and internal rev- enue duties as shall be adequate to meet all the necessities of the government, economically administered, and 'at the same time encourage domestic industries, as shall impose the burden of import duties chieny on such products of foreign countries as come into direct competition with those of the home market. We favor, at the same time, the policy of establishing and main- taining by treaty such reciprocal trade re- lations with other friendly nations as shall be best calculated to equalize our trade with them, to remove restrictions and to secure enlarged markets for the products of American labor and free admission to our own ports for the necessaries of life which we do not ourselves produce. DEMOCRATIC. Believing that the natural advantages bestowed upon the American people by a beneficent and all-wise Creator should not be nullified and taken from them by the imposition of unjust and unfair burdens, under the pretext of protecting infant in- dustries but for the real purpose of con- ferring special favors upon a privileged class, we demand the enactment of a tariff for revenue only, to take the place of the Dingley tariff law, so called, to the end that our people may receive the full benefits to be derived from a large exchange of prod- ucts, that American energy and efficiency may secure the whole world for a market, and that the demand for labor may be en- larged and made permanent and its remu- neration increased and that those engaged in agricultural pursuits may receive a fair return for the benefits they confer. VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN. We commit, with great confidence, the management of our national affairs to the master hand that has so judiciously steered the old ship of state from the democratic billows of discontent and despair into the republican haven of peace, prosperity and plenty; believing that the same statesman- ship which so promptly re-established a protective tariff, thereby infusing new life into our languishing industries; which has placed our monetary system upon a firm, certain and safe basis; and which, with credit to American arms, has brought two wars to a successful issue, can be safely intrusted to provide the best form of gov- ernment for our new possessions, coming to us as the result of an unavoidable war. WASHINGTON. REPUBLICAN. We congratulate the country upon the return of prosperity following the re-enact- ment into law of the protective tariff prin- ciples of the republican party. WEST VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN. Under the beneficent influence of repub- lican legislation West Virginia is enjoying prosperity throughout her entire borders never before known in her history, and not exceeded by that of any other state in the union. We are a happy, prosperous and contented people, in marked contrast to our condition during the preceding four years of democratic famine. We want these prosperous conditions to continue, that our state, the richest in the union, may con- UTTERANCES OF STATE CONVENTIONS. tinue its marvelous development. The way to continue this prosperity and development is to continue in power the party whose policies produced them. WISCONSIN. REPUBLICAN. We reaffirm the principles of the repub- lican party, popularly approved and in- dorsed at the last national election, and commended and justified by subsequent events. We are gratified that experience neither constrains us to recede from the high position then taken on questions before the country nor to subordinate views then vehemently supported to meet the exigen- cies of a new campaign. DEMOCRATIC. We are in favor of a tariff for revenue only. WYOMING. REPUBLICAN. We point with pride to the passage by a republican administration of the Dingley tariff bill, which has restored prosperity to the country. Under the beneficent opera- tion of this law the foceign trade of the United States is to-day greater and more profitable than ever before, and in this field of effort the United States is outstripping all nations of the world. The tariff is a fundamental principle of the republican party. Under the Wilson tariff law the in- dustries of the country were paralyzed. Under the present law labor is employed at remunerative wages. Our mines are being rapidly developed, the wool and live stock industries have been greatly enhanced and an increased market value has been placed upon all our products. MISCELLANEOUS. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The immediate construction of the Nica- ragua canal is urged by the republicans of Arkansas, California, Indiana, Maine, Mary- land, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Vermont. Also by the democrats of Alabama, Cali- fornia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsyl- vania, Tennessee, Vermont. ELECTION OF SENATORS. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people was demanded by the republicans of Minnesota, Nevada, Ore- gon, Pennsylvania and Texas. Also by the democrats of California, Colo- rado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jer- sey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Ver- mont, Wisconsin, Wyoming. SYMPATHY FOR THE BOEUS. Expressions of sympathy for the people of the South African Republic are made by the republicans of Alabama, Michigan, Texas. Also by the democrats of California, Colo- rado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan- sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. THE LEGACY TAX LAW. The Supreme court of the United States decided on the 14th of May. 1900, that the inheritance tax provision of the war revenue act, that became a law on the 13th of June, 1898, is constitutional. The provisions of the act affected by the decision are as fol- lows : 1. Where the person or persons entitled to beneficial interest shall be the lineal issue or lineal ancestor, brother or sister of deceased: On each $100 Between $10,000 and $25,000 $ .75 Between $25.000 and $100.000 1.125 Between $100,000 and $500.000 1.50 Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 1.875 More than $1,000.000 2.25 2. Where the person or persons entitled to beneficial interest shall be the descendant of a brother or sister: Between $10,000 and $25,000 $ 1.50 Between $25,000 and $100.000 2.25 Between $100,000 and $500.000 3.00 Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 3.75 More than $1,000,000 4.50 3. Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest shall be the brother or sister of the father or mother or a de- scendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother: Between $10,000 and $25.000 $ 3.00 Between $25.000 and $ino 000 4.50 Between $100,000 and $500.000 6.CO Between $500.000 and $1.000,000 7.50 More than $1,000.000 9.00 4. Where the person or persons entitled to beneficial interest shall be the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother or a descendant of the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother: Between $10,000 'and $25,000 $ 4.00 Between $25.000 and $100.000 6.00 Between $100,000 and $500,000 8.00 Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 10.00 More than $1,000,000 12.00 5. Where the person or persons entitled to beneficial interest shall be a person of any other degree of collateral consanguinity, or a stranger in blood, or a body politic or cor- poration: Between $10,000 and $25,000 $ 5.00 Between $25,000 and $100.000 7.50 Between $100,000 and $500,000 10.00 Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 12.50 More than $1,000,000 15.00 The tax on legacies and distributive shares included in the war revenue act of 1898 is graded in two ways, according to the degree of kinship of the legatee and accord- ing to the value of the legacy. The initial rate is determined by the degree of kinship. A legacy to a husband or wife is exempt. Legacies to others must pay a tax which rises as the degree of kinship is more remote until property passing to strangers in blood pays 5 per cent. To this initial rate a pro- gressive rate according to the value of the legacy passing is applied. Property valued at $10,000 and under is exempt; exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $25,000. the rate is fixed by kinship. The rate rises with the amount until property exceeding $1,000.000 is required to pay the" rate fixed by kinship multiplied bv three. 92 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. Rational gemmating Contentions in 1900. (Arranged in the order of their occurrence.) SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC The first nominating national convention of the social democratic party convened at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 6th of March, 1900, and was called to order by Jesse Cox of Illi- nois, chairman of the national executive board. William Mailly of Massachusetts was chosen temporary chairman and Fred- erick A. Strickland of Chicago, 111., was made secretary. The report of the commit- tee on credentials showed that sixty-two properly accredited delegates were present, representing the states of Colorado, Con- necticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mary- land, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin seventeen in all. The first day was consumed in listening to the report of the executive board and the appointment of committees. On the second day (March 7) Seymour Stedman of Illinois presided. On a motion of Mr. Debs, a committee was appointed to meet a committee representing the socialist labor party, with a view to a union of the two parties. After this the national plat- form was adopted, which will be found in full under the heading "National Party Platforms." The convention adjourned. Upon meeting on the 8th of March, John C. Chase of Massachusetts was elected chairman. The committee on union with the socialist labor party presented the following report, which was adopted: "1. That a committee of nine be elected by this convention to confer with the com- mittee of the socialist labor party in rela- tion to union. PARTY OF AMERICA. "2. That the convention instruct its com- mittee of nine to urge the selection of the name 'Social Democratic Party' as the most appropriate name of the united party if union shall be effected. "3. That after the conference of the two committees aforesaid all recommendations or reports of the committees and all ques- tions, including especially the question of party name, shall be submitted to a ma- jority referendum vote of each party, said vote to be taken separately by each party. "Provided, however, that in case any question other than that of party name sub- mitted to a referendum vote shall fail of concurrence, the committee shall have pow er to submit new propositions regarding such matters to a referendum vote." Nomination of candidates was then de- clared to be in order, and Frederick O. MacCartney of Massachusetts placed Eugene V. Debs in nomination for president. In a short speech Mr. Debs declined, and the convention adjourned. The convention assembled March 9, Mr. Chase in the chair. Mr. Debs was again placed in nomination, which nomination was seconded by Mr. Benham of California, and Mr. Debs was nominated by a unan- imous rising vote. Mr. Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin placed in nomination for vice- president Job Harriman of California and the nomination was unanimously indorsed by the convention. The convention met in the evening, with Mr. Chase in the chair, and after speechmaking and some minor business adjourned sine die. UNITED CHRISTIAN PARTY. The first national convention of the united Christian party was convened at Rock Island, 111., on the 1st day of May, 1900, and was called to order by William R. Ben- kert, chairman of the national committee. The convention was opened by prayers by the Rev. C. H. Thomas of Rock Island and the Rev. J. M. Wylie of Evans, Col. The temporary officers of the convention were: W. R. Benkert of Iowa, chairman; Wallace R. Struble of Illinois, secretary; Mrs. M. H. M. Blair of Iowa, assistant secretary, and A. D. Martin of Illinois, treasurer. The usual business committees were appointed and their reports presented. The commit- tee on credentials reported as present and entitled to seats thirty delegates represent- ing six states, as follows: Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, Michigan, Montana and Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Struble moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved, That we do now proceed to the organization of a Christian political union or party for the application of tin Christ principle in state and nation." It was carried unanimously. The committee on platform and resolu- tions asked for further time in which to prepare report, which was granted. Mr. Martin of Pennsylvania moved to pro- ceed to give the new party a permanent name. Mr. Caverly moved that the name bo made to conform to the development of the move- ment in Iowa namely, that it be "The United Christian Party." After consider- able general discussion, a vote by ballot was taken, with the following result: United Christian party, 20. Christian political union, 4. Christian union party, 1. The chair ruled that this vote decided the name of the party. On motion this name was referred to the committee on platform and resolutions for incorporation in their report. After the transaction of some routine business the convention adjourned to May 2. The platform committee presented its re- port, upon the assembling of the convention, which was adopted and can be found else- where under the heading, "Platforms of National Nominating Conventions." The assembly, on motion, then proceeded to the nomination of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States. The Rev. C. H. Thomas of Rock Island said he desired to place in nomination a man who he was confident would lead the party to victory. A man true and tried, beloved especially by the young people of the United States; beloved and respected by all, Charles M. Sheldon of Topoka. Kas. Mr. Wylie of Colorado named Thomas McClement of Morning Sun, Iowa, saying NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. he is a Christian banker and a man of thorough business traiuing, competent to perform the duties of the high office. D. H. Martin of Pennsylvania said he wished to place in nomination a man who would do all in his power to overthrow legalized wrong, and named William B. Benkert of Iowa. Mr. Benkert declined the nomination. Mr. Struble nominated the Rev. Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania. Mr. Martin of Pennsylvania seconded the nomination of Mr. Swallow, and upon call- ing the roll of delegates Mr. Swallow was declared the unanimous nominee of the con- vention for president. The following were named as candidates for the vice-presidency: The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Kansas, the Rev. J. M. Wylie of Colorado, Booker T. Washington of Ala- bama, Walter H. Macpherson of Illinois and the Hon. John G. Woolley of Illinois. Upon the mention of Mr. Woolley's name all those previously mentioned were withdrawn and he was unanimously selected as the candidate for the second place. The selec- tion of a national committee was next in order, after which the assembly adjourned sine die. The members of the national com- mittee will be found among the other sim- ilar committees. Dr. Swallow declined the nomination and J. F. R. Leonard of Iowa was substituted in his place. Mr. Woolley declined the nomination and Rev. C. M. Sheldon of Kansas was substituted in his place. He, in turn, declined and D. L. Mar- tin of Pennsylvania was selected in his stead. PEOPLE'S PARTY (MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD WING). The second national nominating conven- tion of the middle-of-the-road or autifusion populists met at Cincinnati. O., and was called to order by Chairman D. Clem Deaver of Nebraska shortly after 1 o'clock May 9, 1900, with about 700 delegates present, rep- resenting every state and territory in the union excepting Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ver- mont. The hall was elaborately decorated with banners bearing the mottoes of the party. Across the footlights hung a banner bearing the alleged remark of the fusionists at Lin- coln, Neb., Feb. 19, when the populist ele- ments separated: "We have thrown them over the transom." This was supplemented with the reply of the middle-of-the-roaders; "You have thrown the party with us." After the reading of the call by Secretary John A. Parker of the national committee Chairman Deaver made a lengthy speech. Ex-Congressman M. W. Howard of Alabama was then introduced as temporary chairman. Mr. Howard, who had been prominently spoken of for presidential nominee, deliv- ered an eloquent address, and aroused the delegates to continued outbursts of approv- al. At the conclusion of his speech he ap- pointed a committee on credentials, which immediately retired, and the convention then resolved itself into an "experience meeting" for the interchange of views on the work before the delegates. A speech was made by Ignatius Donnelly, and Wharton Barker being called for he arose and expressed the opinion that the convention should proceed to business, and he added he would speak later. A motion was then, at 4:05 p. m., carried for a recess until 8 p. m. At the evening session speeches were made by A. G. Burkhard, candidate for gov- ernor of Indiana: Wharton Barker of Penn- sylvania, candidate for the presidential nomination, and others. All the speakers favored government ownership and the con- trol of everything that got beyond the range of competition. The committee on creden- tials reported the official list selected by "referendum" and no contest. The commit- tee refused to recognize proxies. R. M. Chenault of Kansas made a speech in which he said Chairman Howard could carry that state for president, and a wild demonstration followed, but it stirred up the Barker. Donnelly and other men apainst allowing Chenault to cast 43 votes, or half that of Kansas. When it came to balloting the result was disputed amid great disorder. The report was amended by a vote of 383 to 281, so that the delegates present could cast the full quota for their respective states, and then adopted. The report on rules and order of business, as adopted, provided for assembling at 8 a. m. May 10, and remain- ing in continuous session till work is com- pleted. The committee on permanent organization reported in favor of Col. W. L. Peck of Georgia for permanent chairman and ex- Gov. D. H. Waite of Colorado for vice- chairman. A minority report was offered to substitute the name of Judge S. W. Wil- liams of Vincennes, Ind., in place of that of W. L. Peck. After much debate and dis- order the majority report was adopted. Col. W. L. Peck then addressed the conven- tion as its permanent chairman. At 11:22 the convention adjourned until 8 a. m. May 10. The convention was called to order at 8:30 a. m., with Col. W. L. Peck of Georgia in the chair. After some debate on the report of the credentials committee the committee on party organization reported, recommend- ing the following: "The rules of the party in use are ap- proved; the division of the country into seven districts and subdistricts to facilitate organization; all delegate conventions for nominating candidates and preparing plat- form*s to be abolished; instead, nominations and platforms and amendments thereto shall be made by direct vote of the political subdivisions affected thereby. "Party organization shall consist of a national committee of three members from each state, to be chosen by the state cen- tral committee; a congressional committee of three for each district, to be chosen by direct vote at the primaries; a committee of three from each township or ward, to be chosen by direct vote at the primaries each year. The national, state, congressional and county committees to perform the same duties as heretofore. "The unit of organization shall be the precinct club, of which any voter may be- come a member by subscribing to the plat- form and rules of this organization. "Any one proposing fusion with either tin- republican or democratic party shall, on th vote of his club, be deemed outside of the party. "The state platform may be changed only by direct vote of the precinct club, and the national platform only by the clubs, ratified by direct vote of the people. 1)4 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1001. 'No salaried officers shall be elected to any committee. "Any chairman may be recalled by the imperative mandate of the league Clubs of his constituents." It was provided that this plan should be modified by laws of states to conform with said laws. The report was adopted unan- imously. Chairman Felter then read the platform formulated by his committee. Amended by the addition of the seventh section, it was unanimously adopted, and will be found in full elsewhere under the heading, "Plat- forms of National Nominating Conventions." Nominations for the presidency were then declared In order. Prof. J. A. Boyce of Nebraska named Milford W. Howard of Alabama. Gen. Phillips of Georgia nomi- nated Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania. Judge W. S. Williams of Indiana named Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota. H. L. Wheeler of Iowa seconded the nomination of Barker. A. W. Ricker of Iowa presented for the convention's consideration, but not as a nominee, the name of Eugene V. Debs. Debs' name was received with silence. R. M. Chenault of Kansas seconded the nomination of Mr. Howard. Arkansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado. New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Georgia seconded the nomination of Barker. P. H. Rahilly of Minnesota seconded the nomination of Ignatius Donnelly. Dr. Hill of Oregon seconded Mr. Howard's nomination. When the roll call on presidential nomina- tions was finished Mr. Howard advanced to the chairman's desk and withdrew his name. The chairman of the Nebraska delegation stated that his votes would be cast for Howard notwithstanding. The first ballot resulted in no choice, the totals being: Howard. 326.6; Barker. 314.4; Donnelly, 70; S. F. Norton, 3; necessary to choice, 358. The second ballot gave Barker 370. How- ard 339, Donnelly 7 and Norton 2. On the third ballot, the name of Mr. Donnelly hav- ing been withdrawn. Minnesota threw her forty-eight votes to Barker and nominated him. The vote by states stood as follows: FIRST BALLOT. Bartor.Hoivard.Don'lly.Xorton Alabama 62 Arkansas* 15 .. .. 2 Colorado 41 Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan 19 Minnesota Mississippi 13 Missouri 25 Nebraska Nevada 48 Barker. Hincard.Don'Uy. Norton New Jersey 6 New York 13 Ohio 17.4 11.6 Oklahoma 6 .. 6 Oregon 17 Pennsylvania 14 Tennessee 16 Texas 123 Virginia 10 Washington 17 West Virginia ... 3 2 1 Wyoming 8 Total 314.4 326.6 ~~70 3 Total number of votes cast, 714. Necessary for choice, 358. SECOND BALLOT. Barker. Hmvard.Don'lly. Norton Alabama 62 Arkansas* 15 3 . . 2 Colorado .. 41 Delaware 4 Florida 8 Georgia 52 Illinois 2 Indiana 11 Iowa 21 Kansas Kentucky 4 Michigan 19 Minnesota 48 Mississippi 13 Missouri 25 Nebraska Nevada New Jersey 6 New York 13 Ohio 16 Oklahoma 6 Oregon Pennsylvania .... 14 Tennessee 16 Texas Virginia 10 Washington West Virginia ... 5 Wyoming Total .370" 339" ~~7 2 Total number of votes cast, 718. Necessary for choice, 360. Ignatius Donnelly was then nominated for vice-president by acclamation. At 4:40 p. m. the convention adjourned sine die. The national committee met in the even- ing and organized as follows: Chairman Jo A. Parker, Louisville. Secretary J. E. McBride, Grand Rapids. Treasurer Milton Park, Dallas. The following members of the national executive committee were chosen: M. L. Spence, West Virginia; C. M. Walters, In- diana; J. K. Sears, Oregon; Haldor E. Boen, Minnesota; W. L. Peck, Georgia, and Albert Falkner, Nebraska. Arkansas withheld 3 votes on first ballot with announcement that if Howard had not withdrawn they would have been cast for him. 123 PEOPLE'S PARTY (FUSION WTNG\ The delegates of the fusion wing of the people's party to the number of about 760 met at Sioux 'Falls. S. D.. on the 9th flay of May, 1900, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, twenty states and territories being repre- sented. The convention was called to order by Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the national committee of the party, and was NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. opened by prayer by the Rev. Thomas O'Gorinau, Roman catholic bishop of Sioux Falls. After speeches by Gov. Andrew E. Lee, governor of the state, and by Senator Butler, the following were announced as temporary officers of the convention: Chair- man, P. M. Ringdahl of Minnesota; secre- tary, R. E. Bray of Oklahoma; assistant secretaries, Leo Vincent of Colorado and Eugene Smith of Illinois. After the appoint- ment of the various working committees by the chairman the convention adjourned until 8:30 p. m. The evening session was devoted to music and the convention further adjourned to 9 o'clock a. m. May 10. Temporary Chairman Ringdahl called the convention to order at 9:45 a. m. The com- mittee on credentials presented its report declaring that there were no contesting delegations. The committee on permanent organization reported the name of Thomas M. Patterson of Colorado for permanent chairman, and T. H. Curran of Kansas, Leo Vincent of Colo- ado and E. M. Diesher of Pennsylvania for permanent secretaries. In accepting the position of permanent hairman Mr. Patterson made a long speech on the issues of the campaign and the duty of the people's party. The committee on platform then presented its report, which svas adopted. The full platform will be found elsewhere under the heading of "Plat- forms of National Nominating Conven- tions." The chairman announced that the next business of the convention was the nomina- ion of candidates for president and vice- jresident, and introduced Senator Allen of Nebraska, who said: Since the result of the election in 1896 was known to the American people, among :he fusion forces of the United States ther.; has been but one name connected with the office and with the nomination at this time. He is the embodiment of all that opposes Autocracy, that opposes greed, that opposes :he exercise of criminal power in public life. He is in my judgment the most American itizen of the age. I think he is as an orator, is a statesman, the equal of Webster and ^lay, if not their superior. He was a ^ebraskan, but belongs now to the world. Without further discussion, without further lescription of this magnificent man, I pre- sent to this convention this hero, statesman nd orator, William Jennings Bryan." The announcement of Mr. Bryan's name tvas the signal for an enthusiastic outburst, rhe Minnesota delegation hoisted a large tar having the portrait of Mr. Bryan in the enter, and the convention cheered again more vigorously than before. Seconding speeches were made by Gen. iVeaver of Iowa, Jerry Simpson of Kansas, 3eorge F. Washburn of Massachusetts, J. 3. Davis of Texas and Senator Butler of Vorth Carolina. Mr. Olds of Pennsylvania, "now 86 years jld, who voted for Henry Clay in 1844, and s now for William J. Bryan," was next iu- roduced. Mr. Olds, bent and white-beard- d, said he had walked 1.000 miles to vote or Henry Clay in 1844. "I came 1.000 miles o vote for W. J. Bryan in this convention." said Mr. Olds, "and I hope you will not illow me to be defeated as I was in 1S44." ^ries of "We won't!" greeted Mr. Olds as ae sat down. Senator Allen of Nebraska then stepped 'orward and said: "Mr. Chairman, I move that the rules of this convention be suspended, and that Wil- liam Jennings Bryan be nominated by accla mation for president of the United States.' Amid the din that followed Senator Al- len's motion and its seconding the speaker's voice was faintly heard calling on those delegates who favored the motion to risi and remain standing. As one man 'the con vention arose. Hats, umbrellas, flags and canes were waved in the air, amid deafen- ing cheers, the uproar being increased by the band playing "Old Hundred." Some enthusiastic delegate tore loose a large pic- ture of Mr. Bryan hanging in front of the speaker's chair and hoisted it to the table, where, cheering for Bryan, he held it while the convention applauded frantically. "I announce the nomination by unanimous vote of William Jennings Bryan for presi- dent of the United States," said Chairman Patterson as soon as he could be heard. Another cheer greeted this announcement. The nomination of Mr. Towne was accom- plished only after a sharp struggle of sev- eral hours' duration. An effort was made to have the question of nominating a vice- presidential candidate referred to a com- mittee which would confer with the demo- crats and silver republicans in their na- tional conventions at Kansas City, Mo., on the 4th of July, but a motion to this effect was defeated by a vote of 268 to 492. On motion the convention proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for vice- president. The following named were placed in nomination: Howard S. Taylor of Illi- nois, J. H. Davis of Texas, John Brieden- thal of Kansas, E. Gerry Brown of Mas- sachusetts, Charles A. Towne of Minne- sota, John J. Lentz of Ohio and T. P. Ryndes of Pennsylvania. The names of all the candidates were withdrawn except those of Towne and Lentz. The Montana delega- tion, which had presented the name of 3u.r. Lentz, was asked to withdraw it. but de- clined to do so. Mr. Schilling of Wisconsin then moved that the rules of the convention be suspended and that Charles A. Towne be declared the vice-presidential nominee of the convention by acclamation, which was carried, the only votes in the negative being the 4 cast by the Montana delegation. The regular order was then called for, and the convention proceeded to the considera- tion of the reorganization of the national committee. Mr. Washburn of Massachusetts made a strong appeal for three national committee- men from each state. After some debate the convention by an almost unanimous vote concurred and the state delegations at once proceeded to select their committeemen. (The names so selected will be found under the heading "Political Committees.") A resolution of condolence on the death of the Hon. H. E. Taubeneck of Illinois, late chairman of the populist national commit- tee, was passed, as was also a resolution of thanks to Chairman Patterson, the secre- taries of the convention and National Chair- man Marion Butler. Thanks were also tendered the city of Sioux Falls for its en- tertainment of the delegates. Dr. Taylor of Illinois moved that the new national committee be made the committee on conference with the national democratic and silver republican parties, the commit- tee to have plenary powers. The motion was carried unanimously. A motion that Permanent Chairman Pat- terson, with a committee of his own ap- CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. pointment. and Temporary Chairman Ring- dahl and a similar committee be appointed to notify W. J. Bryan and Charles A. Towne of their nominations was also unanimously agreed to. The call of states was proceeded with in much confusion, many of the delegates leaving -the hall. At its conclusion a mo- tion was made and agreed to that the na- tional cominitteemen named be declared the national committee. A motion to adjourn was carried and at 12:58 p. m. May 10 the convention ad- journed sine die. In August Mr. Towne declined the vitv- presideutlal nomination, and Adlai E. Ste- venson of Illinois was nominated by the national committee in his place. SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY. The fourth national nominating conven- tion of the socialist labor party convened in the city of New York on Saturday, June 2, 1900, and was called to order by Mr. Henry Knhn, national secretary of the party. Eighty-four delegates were present, repre- senting the states of California, Connecti- cut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- souri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Wis- consin and Washington. An organization was effected by the election of the following temporary officers: Chairman, Thomas Cur- ran of Rhode Island; vice-chairman, Wil- liam Dalton of Washington; secretary, B. F. Keinard of New York. After a speech by the chairman, B. F. Keinard of New York was chosen permanent secretary of the convention. The various committees were then appointed and the convention ad- journed to Sunday, June 3. Upon the convening of the delegates Charles Kroll of Rhode Island was elected chairman for the day. Reports from com- mittees were presented and that of Delegate Keinard of New York, the bearer of a message from the Parti Ouvrier Francais (the leading and most powerful of the so- cialistic parties of France), was received. A large number of communications from various labor organizations of the United States were read. The convention then ad- journed until Tuesday morning. The report of the committee on platform was presented at the opening of the day's proceedings, which recommended the drop- ping of the so-called resolutions, frequently called "planks," at the bottom of the plat- form, and retaining the platform itself. On the first proposition there was no opposition. On the second proposition a lengthy and very full debate followed. Some delegates proposed amendments to the wording of passages of the platform, claiming that the wording somewhat savored of bourgeois thought or of nativism. The amendments were all lost by virtually unanimous votes; and the recommendation of the committee was accepted. The committee also recommended the adoption of the following recommendation on agitation to the national executive com- mittee: "That this convention instructs the na- tional executive committee to issue for the purpose of this presidential campaign a carefully prepared address, reviewing critic- ally the present economic and political con- ditions and historically the economic and political events through which, in the nat- ural course of capitalist development, theso conditions have been brought about. In this document shall be tersely considered the present state of social anarchy as shown by the stupendous strikes of the past few years, and their murderous suppression, the concentration of capital, the policy of ter- ritorial expansion, etc., etc. It shall have in view to supply not only the wage-working people, but especially the speakers of the socialist labor party, with summarized but very clear statements of the position of the socialist labor party on all questions of im- portance, including the false issue upon which the capitalist and middle-class par- ties republican, democratic, populist, Debs- erie, Kangarooic, etc. may attempt to sidetrack the wage-working voters; so that the work of agitation and education may be conducted by the agitators of the party, throughout the country along the same well- defined and clear-cut lines." The recommendation was adopted unani- mously. The platform will be found in full under the heading, "Platforms of National Nominating Conventions," elsewhere. A series of resolutions vigorously denoun- cing the action of state and national au- thorities in the affair at Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, located at Kellogg, Idaho, in April, 1899, was adopted. A large number of resolutions in response to those addressed to the convention were then adopted, after which an adjournment was taken to Wednesday. The special order of business for the day was the nomination of candidates for presi- dent and vice-president. Mr. McKeon of Massachusetts placed in nomination Joseph Francis Malloney of Massachusetts, which was seconded by Delegates Raasoh. Shade, Katz, Curran, Dalton. Wolfson. Billsharrow and Boland. Delegate Eberle of Pennsyl- vania placed in nomination for the same office Valentine Remmel of Pennsylvania, which was seconded by Delegates Schul- berg, Lawry and Munro. Delegate Spettel of Minnesota placed in nomination W. B. Hammond of Minnesota, which was sec- onded by Delegate Minkley. Delegate Kret- low of Illinois placed in nomination John R. Pepin of Illinois, which was seconded by Delegate Dinger. Upon taking the ballot Malloney received 60 votes; Remmel, 17; Hammond, 1: Pepin, 0; absent, 7. The nomination of Mr. Mal- loney was then made unanimous. The convention then proceeded to make nominations for vice-president. Delegate Eberle of Pennsylvania placed In nomination for vice-president Valentine Remmel of Pennsylvania. The nomination was seconded by Delegates Shade, Alexan- der, Jacobson, Schulberg, Thomas. Carless (in the name of the whole New Jersey dele- gation) and Billsbarrow. Delegate Spettel of Minnesota placed in nomination for vice-president W. B. Ham- mond of Minnesota. The nomination was seconded by Delegate Richards. Delegate Kretlow of Illinois placed in nomination for vice-president John R. Pepin of Illinois. The nomination was seconded by Delegate Forker. The convention proceeded to ballot by roll r NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. ( J7 call, and the vote stood as follows: Rem- ine'l, 69; Hauiinond, 7; Pepiii, 2; absent, 7. After the reading of several congratula- tory telegrams and speeches by the candi- dates, the convention adjourned to Thurs- day. The day was devoted to remarks and the discussion of resolutions denouncing trade unionism pure and simple, which were adopted. The chief of these denned the at- titude of the socialist labor party toward trade unionism, and were as follows: "1. We conceive the genuine trade union as a militant labor body, originating from the very nature of the class struggle under capitalism instituted to resist the degrada- tion and promote the elevation, not only of its own members, but of the whole working class, and destined, therefore, to act an important part in the war for social eman- cipation. "Since capitalism, with its consequent wage system, rests upon institutions essen- tially political, genuine trade unionism, as above denned, not only must fight in the shop every workday the individual exploit- ers of labor, but must especially, uncompro- misingly, at all costs and all hazards, fight the political parties of capitalism on elec- tion day. Its chief motto must be: 'No union card will justify the political scab; he is a traitor to his class.' "2. In their infancy the trade unions, moved by a spirit of class solidarity, were incidentally led to undertake the relief of their unemployed, sick, maimed and de- crepit members, injured and pauperized by the capitalist system. But as capitalism developed, steadily increasing enforced idle- ness, misery and sickness and general de- moralization, this incidental feature not only was given more and more importance as it became less and less practicable, but (together with the strike itself, that is, with the sacred weapon of economic de- fense) was turned by schemers or labor fakirs into a means of exploiting their fel- low-workingmen. "Hence the bogus trade unionism now known- as 'trade unionism pure and sim- ple,' from which the natural, fundamental purpose of union namely, the conduct of the class struggle with a constant view to the complete emancipation of the wage-working class is entirely banished, and capitalism is accepted as a finality. "This bogus trade unionism lies impotent, petrified, motionless, holding the proletariat at the mercy of the capitalist class, and its political lackeys, who promote it, bribe it and use it as a rampart against the rising tide of socialism. It has forbidden within its precincts the very politics which it should encourage and the only ones which it should permit. It has silenced or driven away every worker honest and capable enough to show in its true light the nature of the class struggle. It has resolved itself into a close corporation that denounces as a 'scab' any craftsman to whom it refuses admission in order to secure for its member- ship a monopoly of capitalistic kicks and favors. It has stupidly begged from Amer- ican capital its protection against the 'pau- per labor' of Europe, while this same cap- ital provides itself every year with millions of 'pauper laborers' of iron and steel, cost- ing 8 cents a day to feed with machine oil and coal. It has converted itself when it had some funds into small middle-class in- surance concerns and charitable institutions for the doctoring of its sick, the burying of its dead and, foremost of all, the re- munerative employment of its officers. In a word, it has repudiated the labor move- ment, blotted out its history and sealed its own death warrant. "3. Now, however, rises the Socialist Trade and Labor alliance, which in its fundamental principles, final aims and prac- tical methods realizes our conception of trade unionism. "Abreast of the times, watchfully an- swering the modern requirements of eco- nomic organization in the changed and ever- changing economic environment, it is al- ready a power in the economic struggle and has won glorious victories that the Ameri- can Federation of Labor or any other fakir- ridden agglomeration of planless and spirit- less elements never thought of facing. For the strength of a labor organization is not in the numbers of its membership, nor in the amount in its treasury, but in the height of its arms and the depth of its solidarity. "Therefore be it resolved, That we recog- nize in the Socialist Trade and Labor alli- ance the economic arm of the socialist labor party and its indispensable adjunct in its inexpressibly incessant, deadly con- flict between the working class and the cap- italist class. "That we urgently impress upon the so- cialist comrades and all sympathizers the necessity of ceaseless propaganda in favor of the Socialist Trade and Labor alliance; that we expect from them that they will join the local trade or mixed alliances which may already exist in their respective localities and promote the formation of such alliances where none have yet been established. "Let the socialist watchword everywhere be: 'Down with Trade Unionism Pure and Simple.' 'Away with the Labor Fakirs.' 'Onward with the Socialist Trade and La- bor Alliance, and the Socialist Labor Party!' 'Onward with the Social Revolu- tion!' " The convention then adjourned to Friday. The closing day was devoted to routine matters, and the convention adjourned sine die at 2 o'clock p. m. * REPUBLICAN PARTY. The twelfth national nominating conven- tion of the republican party convened at Philadelphia. Pa., on Tuesday, the 19th day of June, 1900, at 12:37 o'clock p. m., and was called to order by Senator M. A. Hanna of Ohio, chairman of the national commit- tee, who, on behalf of the committee, named Senator E. O. Wolcott of Colorado as the temporary chairman of the conven- tion. Upon taking the chair Mr. Wolcott made a long speech, in which he reviewed the policy and acts of the administration of President McKinley. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. J. G. Bolton of Philadelphia, and at its conclusion the official call for the convention was read by Secretary Dick of the national committee. The following were announced as the temporary officers of the convention: Temporary Secretary Charles W. Johnson of Minnesota. Assistant Secretaries^John R. Malloy of 9H CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1901. Ohio; John R. Beam, New Jersey; Lucien Gray, Illinois; Gardner P. Stickney, Wis- consin; James F. Burke, Pennsylvania; W. B.- Bochman, Tennessee; Warren Bigler, Indiana; John F. Royce, Kansas; F. S. Gaylord, Connecticut. Reading Clerks Dennis E. Alward, Mich- igan; E. L. Lampson, Ohio; James H. Stone, Michigan. Clerk at Chairman's Desk Asher C. Kinds, Maine. Official Reporter M. W. Blumenberg, Dis- trict of Columbia. Tally Clerks J. C. Potts, New Jersey; George B. Butlin, Nebraska. The day was consumed in the appointment of some of the various committees and in receiving the reports of the state delega- tions. The following composed the com- mittee on resolutions, which is regarded as the most important selected: Alabama J. W. Dimmick. Arkansas C. W. Rix. California Chester A. Rowell. Colorado C. C. Cavender. Connecticut W. E. Seeley. Florida Walter G. Robinson. Georgia H. A. Rucker. Idaho W. B. Heyburn. Illinois Martin B. Madden. Indiana Charles W. Fairbanks, chairman. Iowa George W. French. Kansas M. A. Lowe. Kentucky W. S. Taylor. Louisiana Emil Kuntz. Maine Frank C. Payson. Maryland F. C. Noyes. Massachusetts Walter Clifford. Michigan Edward N. Dingley. Minnesota Cushman K. Davis. Mississippi John R. Lynch. Missouri D. P. Dyer. Montana Thomas H. Carter. Nebraska E. Rosewater. Nevada O. J. Smith. New Hampshire J. H. Gallinger. New Jersey Frederick P. Olcott. New York Lemuel E. Quigg. North Carolina J. H. McNamee. North Dakota P. J. McCumber. Ohio Joseph B. Foraker. Oregon John D. Daly. Pennsylvania Boies Penrose. Rhode Island Charles R. Brayton. South Carolina E. J. Dickerson. South Dakota G. G. Bennett. Tennessee Foster V. Brown. Utah George Sutherland. Vermont L. M. Reed. Virginia S. Brown Allen. Washington J. M. Ashton. West Virginia E. H. Flynn. Wisconsin J. B. Treat. Wyoming J. W. Mundell. Arizona q, H. Akers. Indian Territory A. F. Parkinson. New Mexico E. A. Gaboon. Oklahoma J. R. Tate. When the lists had been read Ropresonta- tive Cannon of Illinois was recognized to move an adjournment until the 20th. The proceedings opened Wednesday morn- ing with Senator Wolcott in the chair. Aft- er the opening prayer by the Rev. Charles M. Boswell, the committee on credentials presented its report, which was adopted unanimously without debate. The -com- mittee on permanent organization reported in favor of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts for permanent chairman, and that the tem- porary officers be made the permanent offi- cials of the convention, which report was unanimously adopted. On taking the chair Senator Lodge made a speech nearly an hour in length. The report of the committee on rules was then presented, which formed tlu basis of a sharp discussion. An aniendmc nt was of- fered by Mr. Quay of IVn is.vlvania which proposed to change the b. sis of representa- tion in the national convention from the sev- eral states by giving one delegate for each 10,000 republican votes cast at the previous presidential ' election, with four delegates- at-large for each state. This amendment raised a strong opposition among the dele- gates from the southern states, and after some debate the subject was postponed to the following day for further consideration, the remainder of the rules being adopted as reported. The report of the committee on resolutions was next in order and the chairman, Senator- Fairbanks of Indiana, read the platform and then moved its adoption, calling for the previous question. The platform was adopt- ed, and at 3:13 o'clock p. m. the convention adjourned to Thursday morning. The plat- form will be found in full under the head- ing, "Platforms of National Nominating Conventions," elsewhere in this volume. The convention met at 10:38 o'clock a. m. Thursday, Senator Lodge being in the chair. The proceedings were opened by prayer by Archbishop Ryan of the Roman catholic church, after which the ameadments to the rules proposed by Mr. Quay were taken up as unfinished business, whereupon Mr. Quay withdrew them, and thus settled a question that was likely to prove a vexatious one. Under the rules of the convention nomina- tions were next in order, and the calling of the roll was begun. When the state of Ala- bama was called one of the delegates arose and being recognized by the chair said: "Alabama yields to Ohio." This was the signal for the recognition of Senator For- aker of Ohio, who had been designated to make the speech placing Mr. McKinley in nomination. Amid a tumult of applause Senator Foraker went to the platform and when quiet had been restored made his nominating address. Speeches seconding the nomination of Mr. McKinley were made by Gov. Roosevelt of New York, Senator Thurston of Nebraska, John W. Yerkes of Kentucky, George Knight of California and Gov. Mount of Indiana. The roll of the states was begun and each state giving its united vote for McKinley through the entire list, his nomination was declared to be unanimous. At 12:56 o'clock Col. Lafayette Young of Iowa took the platform to nominate Gov. Roosevelt of New York for vice-president, which he did, after withdrawing the name of Mr. Dolliver, Iowa's candidate for the position. The nomination was seconded by J. M. Ashton of Washington, Michael J. Murray of Massachusetts and Senator De- pew of New York, who took the platform upon the repeated demand of the delegates. The roll of the states being called every vote in the convention excepting one, which was his own in the New York delegation, was cast for him, and he was declared the unanimous choice of the convention. At 2:14 o'clock the convention adjourned sine die. NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. PROHIBITION PARTY. The eighth national convention of the pro- hibition party was held in Chicago on the 27th day of June, 1900. It was called to order at 10:30 a. m. by O. W. Stewart, chair- man of the national committee, who deliv- ered an address in which he gave a concise history of the party from its inception to the present time, closing with the predic- tion that the liquor traffic would soon be overthrown. The Rev. Dr. J. W. Maxwell of Greensburg, Ind., delivered the invoca- tion, which was followed by an address of welcome by John H. Hill of Chicago. The chairman announced that Samuel Dickie of Michig