Our Flag Not There

ui twe oö oceaa steamsnrps wnicu entered the port oí Buenos Ayres duriing tlie first eight moutlis of the present year, not one sailed under the i lag of the United Bta.tes. Yet tbose vessels carried thousamds of rtons of our goods, the freights oa which -went into the pockebsof Euiopean sbip owners. The growing cQnnnerce of Argentina, which might be largely controlled by American entei-prise, is passing into the hands oí G-enaaniy and England, and will co-ntinue to do so until our shipping laws and commercial policy are revised on ternas that will emaible us to compe'te successfully for the South American tradie.- Mail and Express. Tlie annual meeílng of the "Woman's .Vr.xilinry of tli Y. M. C. A. will occur Mooday Xovember Srtu at 3 p. mi., tn tl rooms oi the association. AU members and friends are cordially iuvited to be present.