| Show rt 31 MONTANA ONTA NA ali THINKS I 1 OP 01 oun 1 GUAGE wo we are permitted id to copy tile following front from the private letter of 1 of prominence 1 orico and bound ibid judgment in mon men farin to a party in this ihas city eity with re reference forence to projected project ol U 1 ia 31 1 IL 11 it 11 tho proposed q c d rall ron MaJ if built will bo be for your c ity city tho ilia commencement of its permanent financial grou growth eli and success it ann l necessarily open tit 1111 it country rich in arid and mineral hindai it will pour polar riches into the cutters or your our people and place 1 a I coronet upon ullon tho the peerless ss brow pr corinne Corin nc tile tile t no ener energetic gutic the letter from give sonic sonia interesting pat tic ulars in ill regard to llie m ill aiji tiji pro grei i of japan and our relations willi it tile ampro now new biking anro of very great but they are paid for with paper of which tle tile japanese Jopa neso government is ii issuing immense quantities the reaction that is ii sure to come ris is soon as the new currency hns has depreciate 1 lUK cly will it is feared fui iroil paralyze japan fur for many year ilia trail trade of japan is ia in a singular Ein gular condition its exports are allport entirely tea and ami silk bowly alio of the furmer firmer conies canies to te this country aind an equally largo pro proportion porton of ofalia ilia latter to europe thus in it we quote from alic lie report of our burean of slit ilici out of ancho and it a half milliam mil liin coundi of ofle to exported froni from we wd bought nil but pounds of till alk wo we purchased but baled bale hila england and france took male than bales alic value of alio llio to europe las been stationary ary or retrogressive for sonio sam year while the imports from europa have ban ching tho tha reverse process lias has been gring going on oil in the llie trade vill tins this country we sell less ies and buy more consequently wis are anro obliged kiliN ged to any fur for llie elie good 0 a tale tako in coin or in englith tures in ili spite of nis 1 I Arner american ienn commerce with japan lias has steadily oar american steamers plying between Chi chinene kind and Jis ports inno river off oilier I 1 line me and the I 1 oneille eidl sten do it a larger foreign business with willi japan than llian gill other line ino the anisef icons in yokohama feel justifiable pridu pride in this a conden cy r of our com commeree but bill they fear that unless we tako take early advant advantage ake of what wo havo ba gainso nal by our lines linc and the number ber of trips english competition will bo be incited arld arid our own dri drive venoff oil 1 alio detroit 1 press say that a cannon captured from froin tile ariti h nl at perrys victory dictor y is in the pose sin lon of oan a an of that city and advertised fur for sale and that another cannons cannon fully ns as larg eTar this one liel lie in tho the earth nt at jhc th c fostof CASS street and that ono one was wits also taken frons from the antishin tho the right eglit the treed jross J cst didds tibey fire the die properly erty of jhc thc that united stales Go government it has rie rt clitie but if the city were to talo of them there would probably bo be no question i of ownership raised tile will bo be satisfied if paid for his trouble ond and the cannou can tiou can caa la be placed in ono one of jhc thc tit barks on the campus martin or laid inid at tile base of tile monument N kohring more inore valuable jn in the elie lino line of relics miles can call ito be fonald in this laying having A perry monument would no doubt bo be glad to lo pay something fur for these guns detroit List historical orical societies have no place to put tile pieces if they pur purchase chaze them WE bill elie the llie city lina has a dozen eligible cli gible location placed at this the base of tile monument inside tile the fence the guns would attract much attention and if the council will take no step the tha did dif foont societies by tile ILIP of a subscription paper among business man could easily casily raise elie small sure sum necessary to pur tha sollie the relics |
