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FRIDAY, MARCH \ 188?.
TWELVE PAGES.
lUh NEB'S THIS MOENINti
F 'reipn.?The AUsg defeated the Britannia in
a race at Cannes. = ll Is rt port! 1 thai Spain
will request the recall of Consul-Oeneral Will?
iam?, at Havana. = A steamer bearing pro?
visions fnim Boston and Halifax arrived nt St.
John's, N. F. , The Behring Sea sealers'
elalnag were discussed in tlie House of Commons.
SJ-: The Hur de N.'ailles is d.-.id.
Domestic.?The Police Justice? bill will he re?
ported favorably to-day In the Aaaerably nt Al?
bany; th" T-iiin Pre ese d Stone hill was ad
vanced lo third reading in the Assembly-;
Th '"?is C. Platt h?.- caused to be "hung up"
Ihe Committee of Seventy'? Board of Education
hill. : Governor Werts, of New-Jersey,
v. : l the Voorheoe Elective Judiciary hill. ~~?
The ? >na ? f Frede.ick Douglass denied ;!)?? report
that they wmiid contest the will of their father.
: Argument on the constitutionality of th?
Income tag wai begun before the United States
Supn mo Court.
t'ity and Suburban, Th" Inbound North Ger?
man Lloyd steamer Havel ran hard and fast
HKi?iund in Q<rdney's Channel; effi rti : .1 it her
at hiis'h. tide irnvi-l unsuccessful, Grave
charpes of misappropriation of funds were made
?Kaltist the Rev w. .\. Newbold, th<- lepoeed
a retary ?t th.- American Churi-h Missionary
Society. . : Mayor Strong appointed Janus u.
ShefflfKl Fire Commlssl tier in th.- place of An?
thony Etckhoff. ???? The chamber of C ?mmerce
formulated plans to help promote reform cur?
rency legislation by the next C>>nKn-ss. ??r
S'igar stocks led the market, and prices closed
hifrhf-r.
The Weather.?Forecast for to-day: Licht
ralas, probably clearing durhiz tlM day; sliRhtly
warmer; winds shifting to southwest Tempera?
ture yesterday: lowest, 35 degrees; highest, 4";
average, zrj\.
Mayor BtrODg has done wtll not to ?hday tha
rt'iii'iv.'il of rire Coinmissioiicr Anthony Kick
gtoff, whoae place was tilitii yraterday l?y th*?
gppolntmeni of n Aasemblymao James R sin f
fnld. Eltckkoff is a man with g much loss un
s,ivory record than Scanneil, bal his unfltness
for tho ottict? is shown l?y his wllllngness to
gtsrre ?>n :i board of which Scannen was n mem
bw, ami l?y his Joining with th?< latter to pre?
vi'iit the uncovitiim of crookedness when to
honest .iirt'inpt in that direction was made i?y
their associate, who fherr?pon Bummarily ro
slgned his iilace. ('oiiiinissi.ii)i.r Sheffield Is a
young man who lias shown marked aptitude for
jmiilic affairs. i;i the Legislature oi iv?4 h*?
mad? an excellent r.ni, ?uni display^ hearty
sympathy with reform movements. Precisely
that spirt! ?* needed In th? Pire Department
now.
The Aasembly, we regret to say. failed yester?
day to Improve another opportunity to set Itself
riL'lit on the ?li'esseil-stone business. The ques?
tion ?if tlie nbso.uie repeal of the law of 1894
was again bronghl before it by in amendment
offeretl by Mr. Wihls to the pr?sent Tobin bill,
which permita pavlng-gt(mes lo i?e col outside
of the state, and it was roted down 27 to 85.
For the first lime rtarlag the session Speaker
Fish descended to tha floor ami took part in a
tlebate, bin he jrot on the wrong Side (just as
he voted WTOBf on the Freo Pasa bilb. ami sai?l
the best thins to do was pimply to amend last
yogi's law by passiuc the Tobin bill. The cities
chictly affected bv the Dressed BtOOO law ar-'
New-York and Brooklyn, but the Ass.-mbly
shows no disposition to heed the strong demand
which has gone tip from them for the entire re?
peal of this enaetmeut.
There is a little disagreement between Mayor
StroiiR and tlie two ceutlemen who came down
(Tom Albany to confer with him on Wodaoaday
eveninjr. but the point of difference 1m not a vital
OtW. Mr. tastoa gad Mr. Fish understood the
Mayor to say that if the power were ci ven htm
he would appoint ex-Sectwtary Tmey and n
Secretary Falrchlld as poU?ce-ieoiaTng?laatlon earn*
BMaatoacrs. Mr. Btrouf says be aterely in?'n
tloin .1 IheaO names to indicate tlie type of men
he would appoint If lie COUld indure them to
serve We belters Ihe Major knows what he
said, and that Migara Saxton and Fish did not
understand him rightly. laVe mention of QoB
pml Tracy an?! Mr Falrehild shows, however,
tb-t Mr. BtSJOUg means to intrust this Important
.('..; Tase..' I.
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.. U tares \- Meetings, ll ??
4 MiiiriHK-es and Ueatha 7 8
i Mlscellan? iua . IS ?'? 8
j i.viiii Steamers.1'? ?>
i llanos .11 *
4 propcawla . 8 8
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lte?l Ratete.1<? 4-8
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1 Worll Wanted. a m
dim- to men in whom the community has full
confidence ; sod, further, the [.legislature will
make do mistake In giving him the appointing
power.
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Evidence has come to light a! Albany of g
purpose lo hang up the Educational bill affect
; ?ti-.- this <-;ty which was preps red under tli?v dl
. rcction of the Committee of Seventy. This bill
| was Introduced by Assemblyman Pavey, but In
the Committee "ii Bducatlon yesterday sfter
nooii the only yutos lu favor "f reporting Mi?*
?measure were giren by Mr. Pavey, Mr. Percy
i ?nui air. Banger Four rural Republicana ami
Tobin, ?if Tammany Hull. v<?t?ii in the negative.
I The explanation of this action la that Mr. Pavey
' was sealoua In securing the signatures of Sew
j York Assemblymen who pledged themselTes to
stand by Mayor Strong, and thai he is to be
punished by having ins bill kepi tunk or amend
i 'i nut of its original shape. The passage of ihi*
measure was one of the things demanded by the
people at th.- rece?? mass meetings. They insist
on reforms In our school system and are deter
mined to hare them. Thomas C, Ptatl to the
contrary notwithstanding.
.-I FEW WORDS TO THE VAJOR,
Mr. Mayor! Kindly step out of the turmoil ?
j ??f y.nir private office lo tin.mparative secta
| sinn of the city Hall st.-ps. The Tribune desires
j g word or two with ,v<ni in private.
Without Intending to expresa absolute and on
' reserved approval ?.f everything you have done
ami said siiico you took office, and with the un?
derstanding thai what is said now is not to be
i
taken ?is oommMting it to blind and unquestlon
I in;: stt]i|?.iri <>f your administration In fuiur<\
? Th?- Tribune wishes to tell you in all frankness
j ili.u. in its judgment, the overwhelming major
Ity uf the voten ?if this ??ty. including Uiousanda
l who did not vote for ynii. believe you aro <l?iln??
uncommonly wefl. Yon have not satisfied every
i Ixuly in everything. You did nol expect to, and
nobody supposed yon would, if you have made j
! mistakes, yon have done only whal everybody
! (loos who does anything or is anybody, and what
you sai.l at the outset you were liable to do.
The people who elected you had no Illusions
' :,i k ?ut you. They never for a moment supposed
you had wings. Sor ili?l those win? voioii
against yon think you had h.'nis and h????fs.
They i""k you for a plain business man, of
homely common-sense, who said what he mean!
and meant whal he -aid; Brat without obstinacy,
conciliatory and courteous with..in weakness,
wh.> kept faith without wriggling, mel all aorta
of honest i->lks on the level and wore in? frills.
You have nol disappointed them ( in the whole,
they like yon and your way of doing things.
The Tribune congratulates you. That was an ?
uncommonly good compound word with which
yon answered the suggestion before election thai
y. .u should ?-.-ill ..n a self-constituted Republican
Boas and make terms with him, "Heelmdaui
fust." X"t exactly the w->nl which a clergy?
man would recommend In repelling temptation
or exorcising the evil one, bul a l-"k] une. Quite
unambiguous, and every letter <>f it coming from
the mouth of an earnest man weighing al leas!
a pom I. You did well, Mr, Mayor, in saying it
before election A practical politician would
have said something unite different before elec?
tion and said thai after the election was over
and || had ceased to be risky. I' was a whole
platform In itself; the shortest nnd mosl dini-t.
pointed and comprehensive ever built, n re
quired courage t" say it, bul it baa required
greater courage, and a steadfastness of purpose
and determined will much tn.>r?> admirable 'han
the quality of courage to live up to It. This
you have ?lune under ireuter pressure than was i
ever brought to bear upon any publie officer
similarly situated, Y?>u have been nattered and
abused, o. axed snd threatened, approacfcsd i?y
all possible methods of direction and Indirec?
tion, and under it till maintained an even tem?
per and equal min<l without being awerved a
hair's breadth from the path of duty which you
had marked out for yourself.
Mr. Mayor, keep ?; up. Outside the whirl and
buxx of your daily surroundings, ihe solicitations
of serf-seekers, the grumbling of the disappoint?
ed and the confused coun* is of rolunteer ad
visors, the vast majority of Ihe city's rotera nr<
watching you and taking comfort in you. Your
answer to nil approaches from Albany l""kim:
t,. the arrangement of terms and conditions
upon which such legislation as you desire should
I?- enacted was straight, businesslike, honest.
When you said rou would nol pul yourself In
the attitude ?if asking favors in the line ?if legia
lation because the [?egislature knew better than
you could t.-ll them what legislation the people
who elected you desired for the purpose of ef
footing municipal reform: that tin- responsibility
: belonged lo the Legislature and not to you, and
j that i' was your sole function to enforce such
I laws as In Hs wisdom It should pass, y ? -11 cut to
i the marrow of the whole matter. No Mayor
? within the memory of the presen! generation
has done go mui-li !" dignify the <dli?-i-. as will
as to define its functions and clear limitations,
??s you have by this simple, olean-cul propos!
tion. You sre absolutely right, Mr Mayor. The
134,000 v..t.-rs who pul yon where you are ?I il
not elect the Governor or the Legislature \<< ?lis
charge your duties ?n- divide responsibility with
you. They have a rieht to expect from the t?o?
ernor and the Legislature sympathy and support
for your administration, and ih?- enactment of
each laws ns will aid you In carrying the ea
pressed wishes of the people lnt-> effect. They
do expect this to be done done, too, In the ful
filment "f ?listim t pledges, und not in pursuance
of any Had?-, bargain <?r dicker.
Keep en, Mr. Mayor, The people are with
you.
JAPAN, CBINA AM> RUSSIA
Tin? captura ?'f New-Chwang by the Japan?
ese exciten no surprise, it baa long i>(?-?-n ex
pcctid as Inevitable. The Chinese themselves
have so regarded it. Two weeks sgo, whin
n.-ws of th." fall ?.f We; Hal-Wei reached them,
tin- Chinese in Manchuria became utterly dis
heartened. Tiny not only abandoned all til
tempts at aggression; they gave up preparations
fur defence as ?el!. Drilling was stopped. Re
ernltlng was changed into deserting. The Vice?
roy Liu began a precipitate retreat toward the
Great Wall, thinking if he could gel behind ii
In would ho safe. Indeed, ai Peking ami
i throughout ihe Empire the feeling was much
the sain?', that further resistance was useless,
Unless Indeed ill?- Oreal Wall prove?! a secure
harrier against the Invaders, which all inn the
must hidebound Mandarins wer.- inclined to
doubt. It was this feeling that finally prompted
th?- Pekiiii: Government to send LI Hung Chang
to Japan with actual authority to conclude
terms of peace.
Th?1? Japanese, it will I?? perceived, in?- not
making a burried <la>h at Peking. They are
marcblng deliberately and resistlessly forward,
fully eooquering the country as they go. At
least that is what tiny ar- doing in the Man
churlas- nrovincea, where the principal campaign
is In progress. This fact makes It seen prob
i able that they have in mind g prolonged if not
a permanent occupation of the country. There
Is no reason to suppose they had such an Inten?
tion :?t the beginning of th?- war. In fact, tbey
l speolli.-ally declared they had not, Uni ih?1
j fatuous stubbornness and doubie-denling ?if
| China have prolonged the war Inordinately, and
j rivn to the Japanese th" host of n'usons for
i larrea lag their cialma to as m Indude the
: <-<-ss!<.ii of some mainland territory. Sor does
thor?' tsjsra to be ?my valid srgumsni against
I their doing so. It is the rule of war. Germany
?lili it. .-it the end <?f her war with France in
isTi Prance did II n year or Iwo ago In her
attack upon ?ism. England has done II a hon
tln?<j Hmos i:u-s;.( makes It her Invariable
practice, going to war ggaln gnd ggnin simply
for Mi?' sake <>f getting territorial indemnity.
w'iiy should not Jgpan do the sime.- <?r. gt any
rate, what business has .any of these land grab?
bing Powera to objiscl to her < 1 ? ? i t ? ^ a
Apparently none of them are Inclined to objeel
except Russia, the champion land-grabtxt ..f
iliem a!!, s.? far aa Asia Is ronccraid. Russia
speaks ?nit bluntly, saying she will nol tolerate
th. small, st seizure <<f Chinese soil by Japan,
ami that Japan, if si?' attempts such seizure,
will have to reckon with Russia as gn armed
antagonist n i>. of ?ourse, natural for Rueata
to take such an attitude, as the champion of
China, since Russia and China are so closely
associated with ?ach other, in tace and In po?
litical system-, itnt it is not for China's sake
Iba! she does so. It is simply lhal she wants
to grab Cores and Mongolia herself. What ac
count Japan will take of Russia's threats and
bullrings remains to be seen. If she dedos them
gnd pursues her own unirse, she may have a
war with Russia on her banda; and In such a
war she might fan- badly. But she would have
the moral sympathy of the world, an?l perhaps
the physical aid of some rival of the ?zar.
T1IK BUILDING DEPARTMENT OS TRIAL
The lesson of Buddensick appears to have
in en forgotten. A reminder In ih" form of sum,,
further sentences to State Prison Is needed to
enforce upon contractora and builders the neces?
sity of obeying the laws and not sacrificing the
lives of people to their carelessness and 1111
scrupulous greed. The preliminary Investigation
of the collapse of the Orchard-st. tenement
houses on Prtday last reveals a grosa disregard
nf life and law which should be severely pun?
ished, and which at present does not appear lo
be confined to any one person. The sand which
was used In the mortar is reported to have been
dug from the reliar, and t.. have i.n mixed
with loam, s.. that it was little tattler than mud.
The walls were built in freezing weather, and
when the Icy mortar melted the building fell
Of its own ai.rd. OW beams from demolished
bulldlngS Were pUl tatO the strtlellire, ?111*1 tlie
whole affair was so flimsy that sn observer
warned the workmen thai it was not safe and
that the building laws were being violated.
Two hour? later the structure collapsed, burying
five men in the ruins victims m.t nf an acci?
dent, but of the deliberate rrhnlnal actions of
their fellow men
For this slaughter Hi.ntraetor appears di?
rectly responsible. But be is by no means alone
t.? blame The owner of the building Is also gp
parently al fault, and the person who drew the
plans and speellicntlpns according to which Ihe
work "as done should be called on to explain
his share in Ihe work, finally, the Building
Department should be held to a strict accounts
hillty for allowing the erection of stich a death
trap or for a faull which Is quite as great, fall
iiiL' to prevent the work being done In an Im
proper manner. < ?ti" building Inspector Is si
ready under arrest, but responsibility does no!
end with him. It ?as the business nf Sup.-rln
tendent Brady to know that he had lit subordl
nates and t.. keep himself assured that they
w.re enforcing ihe lau That is what be holds
his office for. and It Is no i tcuse fur him lo i ij
thai be has in depend on his Inspectors \
good executive offlc? r h >> suliordln ites ?>n whom
he can rely. His discipline and his energy m
ate a force which does Its work well and hon?
estly. Even Inferior men become pfficlent under
proper leadership. A poor office staff argues a
p. .or bond.
"Don't blame the entire tlepartmen! for the
nets of one man" i? the pies of tin? Assistant
Superintendent, but In throwing the fault "ti to
Ormsby, the suspended luspe? lor, he accuw
management of his department, which should
1. ? s.Dducted that Ih? re could be ie> such D< g
lect of duty. If the Orchard st building b I nol
happened to fall no ntientlon would have he??n
called lo Ihe Inspector's shortcomings, nul there
is no reason i" suppose iha< he w mid no! hare
i:,ii.a allowing unsafe hti klinga lo la? ? ? ?
by Ihe sere. Nor Is ll likely thai he stone
is careless or dishonest A system which has
s place f'.r one such Inspector In all prol?ablllty
has places for many mur. And nsldc fr..m the
Inspection th?' Building Department appra
have been at fault. The plans i?f ihe Orchard
st. bouses wer.- gpproved by ihe department,
god competent observers hare declare?] that,
however faulty Ihe construction ind matei nls
may have been, the plan- were more faulty
Still.
The Coroner's Jury lieglns its investigation
Into the deaths of the five men lo-tlay. Here Is
an opportunity for Ihe Coroner elected on ihe
Reform ticket to show his gbilltj and make a
thorough search. This is a case which should
be made lo give a warning lo builders. It also
gives opportunity for a thorough understanding
of the character of the Building Department un
der Tammany management Kupcrintendcnl
Brady may have the best ..f Intentions, but if he,
like other city officials, has fallen Into the habit
of allowing wrongdoing t.. go on unchecked un
d< r h i m. be should be replaced by somebodj who
will be more exacting. Ills nssistsnt :t^k-:
"What Interest would he have in employing in
.npctenl m?ir.'" But this srgument from mo
live will have little weight In Ihe face >.f plain
failure t,. do the work expected of him. The
department's duty Is to see lhal buildings are
properly planned and constructed. If it falls lo
do thK It is worse than useless. Tl.nly trat
of Mr. Brady's fitness is whal he accomplishes.
Palling buildings <h> got bespeak an efficient
department.
I III: TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
Prom St. Petersburg to Vladivostock, ihe prin?
cipal Russian port on Ihe Paciflc, the distance
is ghoul 4,1)00 miles, covering eleven degrees of
longitude, gnd it is this Immense and hitherto
undeveloped territory which the Trana-Klberlan
Rallwaj. now in process of construction, is to
span. Plve hundred miles of ihe western sec?
tion an?! one hundred ?>f the eastern are slready
completed, and the work, though much delayed
by the condition nf Russian nuanc?e, is steadily
proceeding. It is expected lhal it will lie com
pleted and fully opened lo commerce In l?OTi.
The present Czar, tin-n Cxarowlts, was Its lirst
president, and during his Baslern travels a|g
nali/.eii the beginning of Ihe work bj (he erec
tlon .if a memorial tablet at Vladivo.-toek on
June i. 1801,
Tl.rlglnal plan contemplated a continuous I
Hti?- of rail, 4.'_'i?h miles long, erith branches !
making Its entire length within I fraction ?,f ;
.?.<M*i miles. This lias inen repeatedly modified,
and the work as now proceeding ?s designer! to
take In g series of waterways by lake and river.
which will considerably diminish ihe length of
rail laid ami the conaequent expense of the en
terprise. The Amoor, marking throughout the
greater pan of its length the boundary line be
tween China and ?Iberia, is ,,?.. of ihe water
ways thus m be utilised. The route through
Southern Siberia has |.? rfiosen to BVOid not
oIll.V Hie detUW forests ,,f U,,. \,,rlh, which cover
:ill""s: I.'"??'? territory, but the hostility of
the-.,!.:dviii/ed and barbarous tribes inhabit
lo? 'hem it is to skin the southern shore ??f
Lake Baikal, at the headwaters of Ihe Yenisei,
t bod} of water ncrh Inn miles long ami 100 |
Wide In its widest pari, and gltuated in a region
of much fertility, which will . time doubl
lp'- be. a populous and prosperous province.
Irkutsk, its cupiial, takes rank with the impar
tant rommerclal eitle? "f the Empire. Among
its other sotnves ,,f wealth, petroleum In aban
dance i< found In 'is vicinity, and it is
likely to become an Important point In the pro?
duction and distribution "f that commodity. In
the southwestern part ?if (Siberia is a region ?>f
the black earth, as large as France, of in.-v
haustlble fertility and with a favorable rllmate,
wli-f.. besides wheat and other grains, tobacco
and cotton can be grown. This territory is also
t,, ]?? ?ut. r~.-.-t.-d ).y the read, thus opening 'he
door i-? Immigration thither and connecting ?i
With a market f,.?- its productions Which it has
hitherto entirely lacked. On a fertile space of
sock magnitude with its kindly climate an Im?
mense population could b.?nfortably main
talned, and Government aid is given t" Imml
granta thither from the famine ?lisn-iets of
Russia, where the population exceeda the meana
of subsistence l-l.Ouo,o"0 rubles having ben
iinis gppropriated in Iflfl?,
The road is one of the greatest and most use.
ful enterprises ever attempted by any union,
and will brine Into relation with the world's
commerce a territory larger than Europe and of
practically unlimited capacities of oconpancy
and production, if itussiti under her new ruler
sieeis ?lilt ..f European compllcntlona and
wars, expending her substance rath?!- upon this
majestic Intercontinental highway, it will be
the b.-tti-r f.,r lui', and crown her Caar with a
circlet of renown muro radiant than that of
many victories.
noil) EXPORTS .l.v/i FORE 10S TI!ADE
The extent ?-f ?me change effected by the
operations of the bund syndicate will best be
appreciated by ih- following comparison, show?
ing exports from New York <<f gold and ->f silver
separately from January 1 to Kebruary -. In?
clusive, practically the month of January, and
from February :i to March -, Inclusive, prac
tlcally lie' month "f February:
c, ,11 Silver.
January .IW.53.9Wi $H.8;;.sst
February . Mitel 2, ZU, 703
Tl.utgo "f gold has been completely arreat
cd f"i" the time, and when ?m?.nsldera what
snother loss of $20.000,1)00 in a month would ,
have meant, there is certainly rouse for thank
fulness and encouragement. While this does nol
aber the fact that the same results might have
b.-.ii attained far more cheaply, there is no rea?
son for Ignoring their value. Hut th" specie
moremoni la not the only one that n.la watch?
ing, and the exports and Importa of merchandise
under th- new tariff, ami especially tin- new
duti-s which w.-nt in'.i pffeel January 1, ar?1
Important. The figures for Sew York have been:
T ital m.; rti Total ex|
.-.-, IBM
fanuary -V ? ? ? ? gls.i?S9.14S ??.??. 1.3 : t?.l?.810
I9.0M ..:::;?: 03 KM J&.V6.H?
?)? ur a? eki Five en ? '*?'
The Imports average per week a little larger
?ti January than In February this year, owing
to hasty entries under the new duties, and aver
nK, : .i little simillor i isi y< ir The export fig
ures represent f"ur weeks for January this year
against flv< wwks for February, ami fur both
i. :;- i little less for Kebruary; but these differ
mpiirtant. it i- much more In
i ?? that imiH'rts of dry good? In live wet ks
of Januarj v'"" ^ !??"?'?' >? -1 "-". against $M.97rt.?Wo
au Increase .f .?>.?>.". :>_': nml In four weeks
of Ketirimry ll4.iaVi.477 this year, against 18,
.?'..'..'..i'?; an tie ;?? i-" of .*."..71??.:>" which ?v
f . i inri of the ' ease In im
I dftitb ihr it. ii ? m n" nf goods under
i 'im try l has Ih en Un ge
? Industries >?(
aiutry and the balance "f trade Th.
fur New-York al?n*?, bul Importa at
all ports In January were |lA,01tMnt! larger than
1 ?1 mr. and while tl.nV'.til figeVCS for
Kebruary ar?- nol yet out, tho Increase wag pr?>t>
gblj ni'.re than lio.issi.oofl On the other hand,
? ;,,. exports .c ill rs?|nts in January decreased
< i..".77.111. relstlrol) much more man at Sew
Vork, and a furthor deivea.f large at.inl
la expected for I'-1'ni in
The ngur<"s In llcate that In Kebruary there
g is nul much excess "f exports, against lid,
i:,'i ?_?:;; last year, while In January the exports
were m:i sihi.i??? larger than imports, agntnsl
.-: i ,?.ii??i ?is- >. n in the two months, In
?toad -.f nn excess of exports over Imimrts
ling -. >.'." iHNi iHni test >.ir. we probsldy
have ii"t far from $l.*i,ta?>,Oiai tins year Su.-ii
changes continued ttioau an Inevitable and large
. \. -. -s of Import? in March h ml every sis ??< ?-i
lug month until SepteralH r .-r llctober. Kor this
.x,.?, of Imports, aie! also for Ihe Interest due
ithniad, undervaluations and balance of freight
money, elthi r s|ie? ..? neis- _-.,, ,..- ?ecuritles mus?
li- placed al.f.-.nl In excess of securities s.-nt
here i'\ foreigners ih- exteoi of this balance
due abi >sd maj ls> ludged from |utsl experience.
lu ihe iwelve years from Kebruary I, 187?, lo
Kebruary 1, 1801, ihe lotal exci as of merchandise
?ind s?.,.- exports over Imports amounted lo
.?l.iv. iiv| use un average of .vi\7.'.? ?.???> yearly.
Bui sin p Kebruary I, 1*01, when ihe effects of
populist victories ami legislatures at the Weal
and I ?. ni".iatic victories throughout the coun?
try liegan to i"- fell In withdrawals of foreign
m|iltal, th- execs? of merchandise and s|iccle
exports ?iv-r Imports, In f<?ut- years ending with
Junttary, I80T?, has been I780,0?!.011 an nvcr
gge of ."?""-1 ? ?r..< n m ?.i m m ? yearly.
Evidently ihe normal balance payable abroad
i-i.-h year on account ..(' Interest "ii debt, under
nilualions and freight money, is fairly rcpre
sented by Ihe average for twelve years tieforr
Ihe large withdrawals ol foreign capital began
early In IWI, namely, |08,7r?0.ig)0 yearly. At
thai rate ihe excess of exports during the las!
four .VUS Would hive been S:'.!?.*i,tHMI,IHNI, ;|||i|
has been I7HO.000.000, indicating a withdrawal
..f $3^000,000 ?.f foreign capital In four years
The \ ii.il question, upon which Ihe future pros.
I.iiiiy of the country greatlj depends, is whether
thai withdrawal will stop or continue. Bui it'
the new tariff is in ?give us. Instead <-f an excess
?.f exports, a in-ivy excess ..f merchandise im
poris, it will be -di the more difficult in any
event lo avoid a heavy i"ss .,f gold, which no
borrowing whatever can meet. With every en
courggemeni for the present, it therefor? re?
main? tru?-, as Republicans have maintained,
thai ultimate prosperity dependa upon the Na?
tional policy as io l-'io, Trade and Poputtstlc
Dotions,
i REDUCED DEMAND,
The price of Australian wool h.is averaged a
Huh lower at l...udon ihe last year than In any
previous year of which we have record. This
is nut because, bul In gpite ><(. the removal of
duties by the United Mates, although the pros
pe,i ,,f ,i new ?',,1 greater market here may
have Impelled Australian growers to increase
then pr.uiiicii.iti wh.-n. sftef ihe trying experi?
ence of some years, they might otherwise have
reduced It.
The d?pression In this as in sumo other farm
products is not exclusively ?hi?' i?. excessive pro
Auction, nor yet to the situation created here
by the tariff, There is ?gore wool in the world
than is want,,!, ?is there is more wheat and
mu.- cotton, but in pin because the consump
ti-Ul Of products ill this Country has been
cheeked. || ?s Will to I? member tiltil the I'lliteil
states ni.,n... hj a consumption ranging In differ
??m ariieii , from an eighth lo a third of the
entire consumption of the world, hav an ex
<?<?ption.il power t., affect prices by ? relatively
small increase or decrease In its enormous de
main! If tins country slops a third of Its eon
sumption of pic iron, which Is about whit It
has done for some lime, more thm a tenth of
tue consumption lu the whole world is stopped,
and there Is apt to be a glut in many markets.
Bo when about a third of the woollen manufact?
ure ceased for the year, while no rorreipoodlni
Increase ucear rod In importations <?f ?nods fr??m
other countries, the shrlnkaiic in the world's
consumption of wool was sufficient t?> crowd
Australian to th?> lowest average ever known,
glthOUgfa Hie production ??f all colonial wool had
been scarcely greater the last year than in 1803.
British journals comment upon tills shrinkage
of the American demand as if it srere some?
thing entirely Independent of the tariff pollry
which they so zealously favor. Americans have
been compelled lo learn by most unwelcome ex?
perience that depression of prices to meet for?
eign competition cuts off production and doses
many works hep-; that it forces other works
to reduce wages largely; that the denial ?>f em?
ployment and th" reduction <>f wages cut down
greatly Ihe purchasing power ?>t the people, gnd
that this decrease in purchasing power makes
Inevitable a decrease In the consumption of the
products of other Industries. Some suffer more
than others, but not .mo thin? can be mentioned
which does not sufTer reriOUSty when the pur?
chasing power of the greatest consuming Na?
tion on earth is materially diminished.
That the same cause affects the demand for
cotton goods, and consequently for cottons, la
obvious, glthough statisticians have not found
satisfactory evidence thus far that the consump?
tion of wheat has been in like manner affected.
In truth, they have Ron?' on assuming, without I
any Investigation, thai ihe quantify of wheat
consumed per CaTptta In this and other countries
has been just the sain?*, In good years and bod.
it is probable thai ?his Is a mistake. Bui the |
figures <?f production are so untrustworthy that
it ?s not possible to substitute definite estimates I
for vague conjectures as to the decrease in quan- I
tlty taken for food. It seems intrinsically prob- i
able that, win n multitudes are out of employ
nient and cutting down expenses as far as pos
slide, while other multitudes are facing the l<?w
est wages they have known for many years,
there should be some decrease in consumption
of (lour, as in the consumption of woollens and
cottons anil Iron l'an of the depression in
prices here. an?l part ?if the consequent depres?
sion which is so disastrous to British fanners,
result from the prostration of Industries which
the adoption of a British tariff policy has caused
in this country,
C tigress was a constant menace to business.
That menace has vanished and business ought t .
r. rive.
Th? company which proposes f? put a bridge
over the Hudson River "tear Rlxty-nlnth-st, has
adopted an impressive plan. Next will com** the
stupendous task 'if raisin? the necessary capital
- a task apparently. In these titles, of well-nigh
'.nsijp.-ribte difficulty.
? ? ?
The buildings strike la this city Is f<. 'iish an 1
ill-advised, it Interferes serious!) with the re
v'val nf building operations on a great s ale ami
with th- restoration of prosperlt) in the metr p
"' - The men who are responsible f.r !? ire
e mmlttlng s grievous crime against th?. com?
munity. The tro.l.y men In Brooklyn were com
pelh I lo gfork .'?n excessive number of hours,
w.-re Ill-paid and wer? badly trente,i in many
grays Th? strikers in tris city ar- nol om?
polled t i work an unreasonable nt mher of hours,
and they receive generous wage* [| is depi .r
thal theae men should Psc-n to the sdvlce
?' nrlld and reckless lesders who are ?! Ing all
t!'.\ ari ti rn'.n b t'a th.- men gnd their em?
i ??? ? ?- :-i order to satisfy their own relflsh ob?
j. t.t.
-???
Every heart should grow lighter and every
hope ah lUld brighten, now that Congress is out "f
the way.
?-?
The anthracite coal combination finds bank?
rupt Reading a cumbrous and awkward associ?
ate t i deal with Prices of roal must Inevitably !
take n big slump at an esrlj day, Welcome i
. ., i
n>'\\ s f.ir all c insumers.
??
The New York. New Haven and Hartford Rail?
?\ ?iis the unlimited effrontery t" ask the '
il legislature t. refus.- charters to
electric railroads which may seek to r?mpete
with the Consolidated system tfeekneea hu?
ind regard for th" public welfare were si
ways conspicuously lacking In the management
? ?? Sea Vi.rk. Kew-Haven and Hartford Rail
i ad.
?
Th.- Trillin., is opposed to the pensioning of
public School t. :i''l>ers. [| ooea tint look i r. them
as standing m the ?am, reunion t > th- .
munlty as policemen and Bremen. I' believes ::i
paying teichers fait wages, to that they can put
by something for their old age Bui it teeg n i
objection to i >achera voluntarily tnxing tliem?
selves in ? rder to provide a penal n fund for the
superann lat? d ?f theyehooas t.. do so. a pension
scheme of this kind f-r th.- teachers nf Brooklyn
is n w under consideration, it is prop ?sed tha*
the Board of Education should he the tru*?,-,. of
th- penstqs fund. As this is B strictly private
matter, it would seem wiser for the teachers
tliemselv.s to manage the - ntlre basin.? s \r , .
the plan Is that ail present members >>f the
'? ? hing force shall eleci whether or not the)
will contribute to tbe pension fund ami be en?
titled to share in Its benefits, hut n> su.'h option
Is tO be allowed to those who heroine te.li hers
hereafter. This s. ems unfair and un.'ust. The
ii heme as It Stands is by lO means free from
objections, and tlie Hoard .'f Education is doing
right in taking plenty of time m consider It.
?
Tti" e "intries nf Kur pe continue to pile ",;,
debt at an appalling rate. What is t> keep lbs
Continent out of the abyss of bankruptcy and
repudiation in the twentieth century?
Many business tuen are dispirited because tha
figures of railroad earnings f.r February of this
year do not compare favorably with those of
pie',i.ms Pebruariee, Bui the calamity croakers
should hear in mini that February, IttS, was
stuffed Kith snowstorms and deluged bv , : 1
waves Then ts every reason t,, expect thai the
railway earnings In March. April and May will
make mutch better showings.
? ? ?
The bill to stop sparring exhibitions might to
become a law. These exhibitions are invariably
coarse and brutal, and only persons <>( crude
habits and tough tastes take pleasure In them.
?_ 4? -
Pilgrimage Mill exists in Mexico, as the late
fatal railway accident revealed. It Is the only
transatlantic country in which It has taken root.
Smut? of Its shrines have a background of con
! siderahle antiquity, as it Is measured by New
! World standards, going back almost four een
| tuiles to the days of Isabella and beyond those
? of Elisabeth. That Is time enough for a multl
' tude of sacred associations to gather round a
! place of worship and to draw pious pilgrims'
| footsteps to it from near and far year after year.
The loss of life happening to those engaged in a
I duty so religious will be a shock to the falthtul
i there, as the loss in the Red Sea of a shipload of
[ pilgrims on their way to Mecca was a few years
I ago to the followers Of the Prophet. Details of
the casualty Import, whtts they do not assert.
j that the engineer, and perhaps mher train offl
I cers. had taken more pi.hpie than was sei
down as their share or, the schedules, and In
i such oases the pious purposes of th.- passengers
! cannot always protect them from amaster. As
the temple of Mecca was shrouded in mourning
for the hist devotees who were Journeying to it,
this Mexican shrine should also for a season be
hung with weeds of memory and penetrated with
voices of lamentation. Hantly anyhady knew
that such places existed on this side of the ocean.
Showing that the social and religious concerns ?if
th?? Mexicans, as weM as their history and trail.
tlons, are lc?_ known to us than they ought to be.
Two years ago the Democrats came in with
1 uidc?t proelamatory twanging of tin horns and
heating of drums, but they go ??ut without any
accompanying mus?- or lactinatloa fat :t. 8ur?n
a drove of legislative .???sop never batOffS went
into retirement in on?? lot; and If they could he
rounded up in some ?territorial eorral an?t fed on
the tbtetles of their own political principles it
might Improve their condition and Clarify their
perceptions; but nothing is certain srhasa that
sort of animal is concernid.
In every country of the globe the firmer Is
raising a wall of dieren?. Farm products are too
cheap._
PERSONAL
In speik.ng of the movement to h.-ive the ?'ate
of Connecticut pinchase tit? Putnam "Wolf Den,"
In the town of 1'omfret, "The Hartford Post" r?.
mark?: "No great outlay woull \x Beaded to care
for the pr iperty In the future, for it Ut essentlilljr
a park already, and .1 few conveniences for visitors
is all th.it will ever he needed. Other parts of the
State hive long ago b?-.-n favored at many time?
th? ?'oat nf buying and Improving grand "Old Put?"
'.'Wolf pen." The legislative bill which provide? for
Immediate action In this matter I? a commendable
one In every respect. I; ought to pass by a unanU
moui >/ote. in all probability !? will "
.lame? Tyson, th? richest man in Australia, be-?an
as ? farm laborer, at $1-' .'?J a month.
Joseph II. Klemmer, who ha? Just heen appointed
Harbor Master of Philadelphia. Is forty-twi year?
of .ige and a ratlve of that city.
According to "Kat<? Pi-Id's Washington,"
Frederick Douglas ass always ready to enioy a
good-oatured joke si tas ?peas* of his own rao*.
He often laughed over a witticism of Mrs. Kr-d.
(irant's at his expense erben they met at th.? <hl
i-ago Convention of lS&s. "The convention had bt?n
in session several days, and there hai been some
balloting the day before," he sal?!, relating the Mory
to a frtend. "I eras sitting with Mrs. <j: mt and h*r
party wat'-hlng the balloting. To my ?orpine ot.e
vote was cast for m<- for PrestdSOt of the L'r.lted
States it bad no sooner been saasnaced t>y the
flier? than Mr- ??rant nun?'.! to me ?nil with the
most charming smile hnsgtnabte said: 'You n.ust he
the dark horse of this convention, Mr. Douglas*.
At a meeting of the !?>.?.? Keiigimist? in Iioston
some years aso he wa:- among the ?peekers. In?
ferring to the rule of the assembly which limited
the tiro-- of speeches, he ?aid lie aerar ronde a
short speech that h? aas aatlsfled with, and never a
Ion? ?m.- that anybody elsi ?rai satisfied with. "I
? ar.ie here." said he. "not to st.eak. but to listen,
to learn, not to teach: In fact," he added, "I caite
h'r.- merely to give color to the occasion.
Professor John A /.ahm. of Notre Dame T'niver
Sity, Inl, who I? probably the foremost authority
on ?.??.?nee tn the American Catholic ?"nurch. has
l.een h. nore.i by the Pope with th- degree of Doctor
of Philosophy.
The k?v pr Moses D. Hogs, "f Kiehmont. Va.,
who celebrated 'he fiftieth ?nnlv> rsary of hi? pastor?
ate the other day, ones became a blockade runner
?!ur;ng the war. Me llipped OUI Of Charleston to
N'aai m la UM, tl I went to Kn^land to secure
Bible.? ,,n<1 religious books for the ? onfederate
arniv. ,ir,l succeeded in obtaining free gift? of 10,000
Bibles, 50.000 Nee Tc-t.in-1,:? and 3M.0?? pocket
edition? -f portion? of the Scriptures, an l got them
?afety thr.-urh me blockadi
IHE T.llh <>E IHE HAY,
Some iiltra-i'ro'estan'ii of Boston are saying that
"Lea Huguenots" Is a good A. P. A. opera.
"Pisase, ma'am." said the cook. "I'd like to gire
v.", ? week s notice "
?Why Mary, this Is a ereat ?urprlse. Do you
ho| e to bettet yourself?"
?'Well, ti" ? ? ictly that," answered M?ry,
?rlth I blush "I'm going to K?'t marrie 1. ?c'hrts
II li Ri .-'-?ter.
The cttlsena of Sear-salem, Mas?, having decided
not ti --.ing- its tiari.-. "The Spnngfl?ld Pnlon"
lUggerl ? i- t might | ??' an Improvement
to ,'i. th? name is one s I u '? ?ron Mince It
arith th.- accent on the Brat syllsMs, "Xesraaleas.'
It woulJ tuen rtiyme with .Jerusalem, and the
change would be a boon to the poets.
J \. Maca,lam. the illustrioiis Scotchman who In?
vented the kind of paving which beats hi? name,
I? said M have been a guest at a large dinner given
In honor of Sir Walter .-'on. Heing asked to re
?pond to a toast, Mr. Mica.1am rose and at fh? eng
o? hi? apeech proposed the health of "the great sir
Waiter S'-ott, the Cotoasua of literature!" In an
Instant Blr Malter wa.? on hi? feet. and. lifting his
glass exclaim*?! "Here'? tn the gre?t Mr. Ma?
adam, Ih Colossi:? of r a-ls'" (Touth'a companion.
A tin- piece ->f ?.l-carvtng, sbovt ?even ?e?t
h<?:h. rapresentlna ? sroman - roamed with ? wr.-ath
and supposed to be the ligare of the wife s( Mr
John I-'i inklin who was lost In the Arctic Ice, Is
displayed In Baltimore. Il Is sa. I to i.e the usure
il the Old l'-nt ?h t'..'k Lady PraakttB, which
aas test off Cape Horn i number o' years ago.
it must ;..i\e drifted about :!?.-? ocean for a long
time, as tt wj covered ?nth barnacles when picked
up by an Italian bark an I brought lo pott
Compensation. He That's Mr* Qrtmehaw, who
lecture? on bimetallism, I've hear,i her How cx
ssperatlngly ?lever she seems to be!
bas v.s nut how consollngi? ugly! (Punch.
Russian? evldentl) believe thai while nishc;?
have a ?ride Influence nvi carrj grast weicht, there
Is no food reason why th.--. Should carry it en
the r heada Th" announcement -is been made
the the Metropolitan of ka:-.??.!! has a mitre of
aluminum, a? has also 'Ik- Metropolitan of Kieff.
a mitra of aluminum ?reign? only a nttie mor?
th.iM .i pound, ahile ordinary mitres are much
besvh r.
Is UM 'You'll da lust as 1 tell you," ?aid the
hiisbm-i of the advanced woman,
?u h it "" shrieked his wife.
"I mean It!" s.ui her husband "I'd have you
understand thai l sear th?- skirts In this family."?
n 'hli ago Be
\ mas arose in a Phlladi Iphls : ray?r asasttag th?
other night, .i??? irding to The Record," and ?aid
that after his Brat aife'a death he proposed mar
riage to i wsrtdl) aromaa Afterward he thought
h? had errad m not tasking a Christian woman,
sad when .ci his ?;i\ to the marriage ceremony
h.- lifted his eyes to heaven and sail "Ood, If you
don't ?rant me t" many th.s woman, strike her
with lightning before w,. tea.-h the church." The
lightning didn't appear and the ceremeay took
?
N?> Sign Needed Pedtec Waal any "Plea?,- p?ut
the 1 i-'or" sign< ?
J union Don'i need >m
"Your doot- hain't an) spring."
"People always shut it when they go out"
"That's queer."
"I'm a tas a.?or. Th.-v shut it with i ?'.ira."
iN.w York-Weekly.
s.nce isss Bagten i sai acquired tba faUawtsg toV
nuis In the Pacific: Qltben group, thirteen IstSSdR
group, ih" Islands; Pnloa group, three
Islands; Klngman, Panning, Washington, Palmyra,
Jarvts, Christmas, Starbuck, Mstdea, Vastos, Pttei
Penrhya, Dudosa, Rute, Coral, ??arlner, John??'*
Danger, Buwsroff an. i'.irollne island?. W'nll?
Antericsn massteasrtes, ?altars sad commerce havi
Inen f.inilliar In lue l'acit'.c islands in the last half
rentury, no attempt has bean amda bv the r tu ted
SI ites ilovernment to BBBSS utiy of ih-?lil.
Smith.? I Intend Harry f>r the t.ir. WOUld you
advise Ins l.citlniutig on such old works as Coke
and Biackatone? Tompkln? N ?; I would begin by
grounding ?ven him further back Bmythe inie.-i;
In what. Tompklm Th? Ten Commar. Imcnts.?
i (Kate Field's VVastinigton.
A big "SOft drink" people s p.il.ice for Chicago IS
j t.. ba lacorporated "imr palace," s.i>s one of the ?
Incorporaiors. "will not be prudish The only ?viei
tion on which we ?pllt is tobacco The etertesl
party ?aid no tobjeco. but we ccinpromised on
??igais. It will be nit; as a RrSt-CtSSS eafd, ? regular
free lunch la>out. whi h the wtilter? will take to the
tables when ladies are ; be served We are in thl?
buatnes? to tight the ?aloons. but we will not truckle
10 the ultra Prohibition enthuiiait?. If ?? nian
want? an innocent drink that resemble? the old ?tuff
we avail satisfy him rather than have him go to the
real ?aioon down the street."
Hilly P?rk ha? gone into history, so that this
' anecdote of him, related to tha Listener by a frlen.l
j In Cambridge, may properly be related
one day with a fritad at Park?,
Lunching
happened to
order a red-head duck. In due time It cam? on
the table, and a? it was being CSrved Hilly itatd
bv. watching the op?ration Intently, hi? glairel
on his nose. 'Ah" said he, at la?t, 'that'? right!
I like lo see the Mood run. Mv MS and l had S
discussion over that du. k. lie sail "seventeen
minutes!" but I insisted that sixteen was enough,
and l aras right.' It is m- lies? to say that the
flavor of the duck was In no ,sav Impaired by the
thoughtful attention of our host in ?taking hi?
reputation upon its preparation, and we Quaffed
his health In our mugs of musty, and sighed that
more landlords were not like bun A arasa passed,
and. tin? thought of that duck still llagerlag la ?><ir
miada wa hied ourselves to Htuy? and ocderaa
another of the same kind, again It was produced.
and again Hilly watched the carving with ?a?er
Interest At last he exclaimed: 'Ah, that's right.
I like to see ihe blood run My son and I had a
discussion over that duck. He said "t ? en t y-one
minutes," but I told him twentv was enuugh, a~l
1 waa right!' "?tBoaton Transcript.