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! THB OMAHA DAILY BElfl ; MONDAY , JANUARY 2 1888J
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WHAT haa become of Dr. Mercer's
motor line ? Is it to remain in winter
quarters until next miminorV
ACCOHDINO to tlio Topeka papers a
movement is on foot for a prand exodus
of negroes to South America next fall.
At this distance the Topeka atory sou nils
very much like n hoix. :
IP Sheriff Coburn and trio county com
missioners keep up their reforms and im
provements in the jail , the grand jury
will find things in applc-pio order in
what the Lincoln council calls the
Doughw county bastilo.
IT is understood that Mr. Cleveland
want * * the national democratic conven
tion held in New York. Ho doubtless
judges shrewdly in this , and as ho is
master of the situation will undoubtedly
have his wish compiled with.
\VK don't know just what the side
walk inspector is doing just now , but
wo presume , since ho has been elected
state foreman of the KnightB of Labor ,
his right to draw $100 a month without
rendering any service will remain un
challenged.
MILLIONKKH GOULD sails his steam
yacht in the Orient and spends his time
in Egypt. "Millionoor" Ivos sells his
btoam yacht on forced sale in Now Yorlc
harbor and spends his time In jail. The
difference between these "Napoleons"
is simply a difference in the way of
financcoring and of getting caught.
Mil. Mints , of Texas , docs not find
hW so-called IcadorS'hip ' in the house a
position of unalloyed happiness. The
job'sooms to bo rather largo for him and
the result is ho is already troubled with
hcadacho and slcoplessness. So long as
ho does not blow out the gas in his
room , however , ho will worry along
bomchow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT was awhile mask that gnvo away
the train robbery lizzie on the Missouri
Pacific a few nights ago. The rest of
the robbers were black masks. The
spirit of Jesse James' exploits scorns as
strong as over in Missouri , but the fiesh
is weak. Ilorcaftor.loadora of midnight
attacks will insist on a pink domino
combination to prevent treachery.
RIIODK ISLAND is a small state of
towns and villages , but oven there the
prohibition law is a failure. The gov
ernor says it is not enforced "for the
want of a sufficient public sentiment to
enforce it. " There is no such trouble
in the states having license taws , which
are everywhere- enforced , with the
effect of diminishing the number of
'
saloons and adding largely to the
revenues.
WIIILK the city council is bo prompt
in declaring high banks of earth abut
ting on streets recently graded a nuis
ance and menace to life and limb , why
tire they not as solicitous for the safety
of people who are obliged to cross the
Uuion Pucilio tracks on Tenth street by
at once declaring the switching of
freight cars across that street danger
ous and a public nuisance that must bo
promptly abated ?
KANSAS CITY will not soon lose its
grip of being the hardest town in
America. First came the brutal attacks
of Corrigan upon the reporter and ed
itor of tlio Kansas City Times , and now
comes the report of a midnight raid
upon Sam Jones' tabernacle , called the
Hall of the Priests of Pallas , where the
hymn books , organ and other parapher
nalia of the revivalist were destroyed.
Verily Kansas City thugs and vandals
have inaugurated an unique boom for
the border rulllan city.
TnK Nebraska- state board of the
Knights of Labor have formulated a
number of grievances against the Swift
packing company and the Omaha cable
railway company. These corporations
should learn once for all that'obnoxious
iron-clad rules and contracts are galling
to any freeman , whether ho bo laborer
or olllcial. While the companies do-
innnd a two-weeks' notice to quit and u
deposit of at least twenty-live dollars as
evidence of good faith on the part ol
each employe , they reserve the right tc
dismiss any of their men without notice
and without appeal , and of confit-cating
the deposit for expected lo s and dam
age. , Suuh a contract is manifestly un
fair and ono-slded. .Tho' Knights ol
Labor are right in opposing this form ol
u in inclpiouqi' . ; '
The Trouble \\'Mi Ilallroml Htookn.
Wall street , which has boon for sev
eral months looking forward to the Jan
uary boom in stocks , continues de
pressed. The expected general advance
all along the line has failed to material
ize. The public , which for years past
has continued to be gulled into purch
asing worthless boouritlcs , watered
blocks and shaky bonds in order to roll
up the commissions of the shyBtcrb and
sharks of the stock exchange , are giving
the street a wide berth. In consequence
the gamblers have been for more than a
year past forced to bcalp the market and
to play the game .of diamond cut diamond
mend in belting against each others
judgment. The lamb.s have been bhorn
bovoral times top often and the wolves
are now lighting among themselves for
the few dribbling commissions which
occasionally como in their way.
Nothing more fully shows the lack of
confidence of the general Investing pub
lic in the ; ncthods and securities of the
Now York stock exchange than the fact
that a scat in the exchange , which ,
three years ago , was eagerly bid for at
twonty-fivo thousand dollars , now goes
bogging at ten thousand. Scores of
' memberships have changed hands dur
ing the liquidation of bank
rupt concerns and the ownership of a
boat in the board no longer carries with
it the presumption of wealth. It has
been hard times for the brokers during
the last twelve months , but the public
have lo.st nothing by the inactivity of
the market. There has been a general
feeling , which still prevails , and which
it will take a long period of honest man
agement to overcome , that the small in
vestor , whether on margins or for per
manent holdings , has absolutely no
chance as against the great thimble-
riggers like Jay Gould and Rubboll
Sago , who can raise or depress the market
kot to suit their own private intorebts.
The reckless and dishonest management
of railroad corporations , the wild exten
sion of lines where there has been no act
ual call for their construction , and which
have boon built purely to float upon the
market now bonds and stocks , and the
disreputable methods of financial man
agement which have boon disclosed
through investigations and through
suits in the courts , all have combined to
scatter the seeds of distrust among the
public.
It is amusing , in tno face of these
facts , to bo informed , as the people of
Nebraska have been several times
within the last three months , that hos
tile legislation on the part of the pro
ducers of this state has seriously ham
pered the corporations in their efforts
to make loans in eastern financial cen
ters. This is the argument which has
been effectually used at eVery session of
the legislature for the past ten years.
It is true that during the past nine
months sovoral'roads , which are oper
ating in this state , have found difficulty
In placing their bonds on eastern mar
kets , but it is not true that any action of
the legislature , or any attitude of the
state railroad commission , has been re
sponsible for this condition of attain * .
The Burlington road , which for years
past , on account of the enormous divi
dends which its Nebraska extensions
have earned , has found no difficulty in
floating securities to an indefinite
amount on the Boston market , has ex
perienced difficulty recently in to doing
only because there has been a general
distrust of all railroad securities owing
to dishonest financial management and
also because the eastern market
has had enormous demands upon it to
meet the great construction of railroads
which has taken place during the past
year. Up to the middle of 1887 it was
stated that moro than $50,000,000 wont
out from Boston alone to build the Atchison -
ison oxtcntions from Chicago and to
aid various local corporate interests in
that city. Of course there is a limit to
loanable capital oven in such wealthy
financial centers as Boston and Now
York , and the loan market is overdrawn
the same as any other markot.
Western trunk lines , especially in
their Nebraska extensions , have boon ,
and 111-9 BHN > among the most profitable
of all the corporate investments. The
B. tfc M. in Nebraska has for many
years past earned an average of 20 pot-
cent a year dividends upon stock which
does not represent twenty cents
on the dollar advanced. Those
enormous profits have gone to
make up the dividends on un
profitable branch lines of the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quinoy system. Even
with the reduction which has recently
been made in freight rates in this state ,
its dividend earning capacity has not
been materially impaired. Because it
has suffered like every ether corporalo
enterprise in the country from "the
effects of the enormous demands made
upon eastern capitalists , it cannot hood
wink the people of this btato into the
bohof that any legislation * which has
taken place has been solely and entirely
responsible for its failure to place ex
pected loans. Every ether western
road in the country has found itself in
the same predicament and has shared
with the Nebraska roads the difficulty
of securing millions to build new oxton-
bions in a now territory.
The railroad thimble-riggers and
stock jobbers have sowed the wind and
are reaping the whirlwind. They have
no one but themselves to blame for the
condition of affairs against which they
BO loudly protest. Sooner or later the
temporary financial stringency in the
loan market is bound to bo relieved and
there will bo no lack of funds to carry
through honest and prospcctlvoly profit
able enterprises.
A Notable Defeat.
The failure of Mr. Randall to keep
his friends in control of the democratic
machine in Pennsylvania is regarded
as the most signal defeat that lender
has over experienced. This is probably
not an exaggerated view of it. Unques
tionably Randall was extremely anxious
to win in the contest for the control of
the btato committee , and exerted every
effort nnd influence at his command to
that ond. Ills bolieitude was chown in
the fact that ho wont to Harrisburg to
manage his fight in person , while for
weeks preceding the meeting of the
committee his emissaries were scouring
the state in the effort to work up senti
ment , in behalf of the Kan-
It , was u closuly dclintil
battle between the frlomls of the nd-
mintBtratton nnd the followers of the
protectionist faction in the democratic
ranks , nnd the victory of the former
was complete nnd decisive. They not
only obtained control of the committee ,
but adopted resolutions cordially and
emphatically endorsing the adminis
tration nnd declaring that the last mos-
bago of the president "for the revision
and reduction of the war tariff especially
commends itself to us as n sure guar
antee of prosperity to all classes of pro
ducers" and of a genuine and honest
protection of labor.
Unquestionably the friends of the ad
ministration everywhere are war
ranted in hailing the victory
as in the highest degree re-
abburlng. Whether or no there was
any ground for the assumption that
Randall was seeking to damage , 'and if
possible destroy , the chances of Mr.
Cleveland for n rcnotnination , in his
own or f-omo other interest , It is cer
tainly a very great gain to the prestige
of the president that his pronounced
supporters in Pennsylvania were able to
overthrow the hitherto strongly-
intrcnched leader in a contest deliber
ately made by him and fought with nil
his ability and energy. It removes all
doubt as to how the Pennsylvania
democratic delegation will stand in the
national convention. It probably de
termines , and certainly will if Mr.
Cleveland bo wishes , thutj Ran
dall will bo ignored whoa
the delegation is selected. It
convoys to the democrats in congress a
most forcible admonition that the senti
ment of a majority of the parly in
Pennsylvania is no longer with the man
who has hitherto represented It almost
unchallenged nnd always victoriously. It
effectually dethrones Mr. Randall as a
leader , nnd practically says to the party
representatives in congress that no
further collections are required to bo
made to him on the score of leadership.
It is a severe blow to Mr. Randall's
power , and the outlook for him is cer
tainly ominous. Could such a result
have been anticipated , it is more than
probable that Randall would not have
retained the vantage ground in the
houbo ho still enjoys.
It would bo gratifying if this should
render Mr. Randall incapable of further
mischief , but it is not certain that it
will do so. It may incite him to use the
[ xiwcr ho still holds more obstinately
and implacably than over before. Ho
may bo expected to continue the fight
against the administration in congress
and to employ every advantage at his
command to embarrass and obstruct all
legislation which shall have the approv
al of the administration. Can ho now
hold his following in the house for such
a nurposo ? Will the democrats there
who have acknowledged his leadership
continue their allegiance after the ad
monition that has como from
Pennsylvania ? It is to be pre
sumed that most of thorn
will not , and if so , the defeat of Randall
will bo made complete , with the prac
tical effect of ostracising him from the
councils of the party. This is the omin
ous outlook that now confronts him , and
it would seem that lie will require1 oil
the political arts of which ho is master
to save himself from disaster. There
would bo bomo to regret such a result ,
but they would bo largely in the minor-
A Visionary Scheme.
The scheme to dig artesian wells in
the territories at the expense of the
United States is as visionary as it would
bo wasteful. The promoters of this
project may bo honest , hut it has all the
ear-marks of a bare-faced steal. The
artesian well project is by no means
novel. It has been fairly tried and
proved to bo a failure. The numerous
artesian wells at Denver scarcely fur
nish water enough for drinking pur
. of thorn frcc-IIow-
poses. Many are not - -
ing wells and every additional well di
minishes the How of those already exist
ing. The experiment of an artesian
well at government expense has already
boon tried once at Akron , Col. All
there is to show for an expenditure of
twenty thousand dollars is a useless hole
in the ground that does not even fur
nish water for the family that lives
along side of it. To attempt irrigation
by means of artesian wells is idiotic.
Irrigated crops require twelve inches of
water in four months , which about
equals 6,000 gallons a day per aero. No
artesian well in existence supplies
enough water for 100 acres. In any
case the cost of the well would far ex
ceed any possible increase in value of
the land reclaimed. The most success
ful series of artesian wells , sunk under
French management in the Sahara ,
only irrigate half a section of land.
Even if the plan were feasible , it would
bo impolitic. If water is to bo provided
at government oxpohso for arid land ,
ought not drainage to bo provided for
swamp land , and fertilizers for sterile
land ?
Till ! board of education is just now at
ears and ends on the question of in
creased accommodations on the high
school grounds. One-half of the board
insist on constructing n south wing to
the high bchool building. The other
half of the board are as equally deter
mined on a now structure , apart and
away from the main building , devoted
wholly to the high school , while the old
building shall bo given up to the grades.
The issue has created a deadlock in
the board , with no prospect of an early
compromise. In fact , there are rumors
of injunctions and appeals to the courts.
This is a bad piece of business , and
looks very much as though the board of
education were about to vie with the
city council in fatirring up strife among
themselves and of keeping bad faith
with their constituents. Last fall when
the eituens of Omaha were asked to
vote bonds for school buildings there
was a separate proposition by which
850,000 were expressly voted for an ad
dition to the high school building. On
that issue the bonds were carried. The
board of education has no right to di
vert these bonds to erect a structure
away from the high school. Any at
tempt to do so is clearly a violation ol
faith and illegal.
CoiTKii is one of the well-protected
products of this fa\orcd land , and
Btrange aa itmay appear it is
wh'olly within the control of a
syndicate. There , Is an American copper
Lrust having its hoadquartom in Boston ,
Imtlts chlof run-pose scorns to bo U ) servo
the foreign syndicate , which it has done
for a numbei1 of years. It is just re
ported from Boston that the agents of
Iho syndicate have made anew contract
with the trust that secures to the for
eign corporation for n period of throe
years the output of the principal copper
mines of Lake Superior , so that the
product will cither bo exported from
Iho country or sold hero at
prices fixed by the foreign own
ers. It is an interesting fact for
the consumers of the United States to
contemplate that they must pay a trib
ute in the form of a tariff duty of nearly
twonty-fivo pot- cent * tc tin American
trust , and on top of that n profit to a
foreign corporation controlling the best
portion of the copper product.
Tim fame of Miss Freeman , the
heroic teacher , is spreading. A Now
York lady writes as follows to the World
of that city :
Three clicors for horl I refer to thnt
bravo girl , Miss Minnie Prccninn , the
Nebraska young Indy whoso school house
lost Its door and roof during the progress of
the northwest blizzard , nnd loft her and
thirteen pupils ( some ns .vounR as BX years )
almost wholly exposed to tlio violence of the
storm. Oh , what wonderful presence of
mind she displayed when , without an atom
of selfishness , she boldly started out , having
first secured the children by a strong rope
to her own body , and courageously led them
a distance of nearly a mllo- and landed them
in safety at the nearest plnco of shelter I I
think such heroic stralcgcui deserves sub
stantial appreciation.
Tins furniture makers of the country
complain bitterly of the high duties
charged on certain imported articles
necessary in the manufacture of fur
niture. A petition has been sent to
congress from Michigan asking that
this excessive duty bo reduced. Manu
facturers claim that furniture could bo
sold much cheaper if this is done. If
the consumers were given the benefit of
a reduction of duty it would bo well to
make it.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Cretans are trying to resurrect the
board of trade.
Dowitt threatens to surpass Ponca as
a gold producer.
Arapahoe sent out 442 carloads of
merchandise last year and received 289
carloads.
A handsome arid substantial convent
is to bo built at.McCook , to cost between
$5,000 and $10,000.
The railroad business of Crete last
year amounted to 2,597 carloads,1,118 re
ceived and 1,497 forwarded.
The Hotel Sclnia in Ashland will bo
opened and dedicated with a reception ,
banquet and ball next Friday.
Scores of pate tit' interiors were frozen
up in the Into buzzard , and their owners
presented a vacant appearance last
week.
The real estate'board of Fremont is
preparing for thespring boom. Orders
nave been issued to mow down the
weeds. „
A special election will bo held in
Broken Bow , February 11 , on the ques
tion of issuing $20,000 in bonds to build
a court house.
Jacob Muff , of Crete , took an involun
tary bath in the Blue , Thursday , and
was fished out , thoroughly cooled , by
friendly hands.
Mr. George H. Powers , the whetstone
of the Beatrice. Free Lance , is recover
ing from an eight weoks' siege of in
flammatory rheumatism.
Brakeman Starkey , working in the B.
& M. yards in Weeping Water , was
squeezed between two cars Thurhday
and dangerously wounded in the in
terior department.
The supervisors of Dodge county stake
their wisdom on being able to pull
through the present year with $08,500.
The county deserves congratulations on
getting off so cheap ,
Greeley Center compliments to Scotia
last week , but it is rumored they wore
spurned on the suburbsof the town. The
county boat fight has chilled the comity
and intercourse of both.
The business houses of Fremont close
promptly at 7 p. in. and all hands ad
journ for prayer. The movement is
commendable , but the town is too fast
for salvation to overtake her.
Four thousand head of sheep were
shipped from Bonkloman last week.
They sold at an average of $1.60 per
head and were sent to the eastern part
of the state to bo stull'ed for markot.
Jerry Ronhard and Wonzol Wotzol ,
a couple of Cuming county farmers with
enlarged ideas of bovoreignty , attempted
to kick a train off the track" with a pair
of mules. Where are those mules now ?
Jerry and Wen are yet alive to unfold
the tale.
A corps of B. & M. engineers have
surveyed lines from Crete north and
south , and the opinion prevails in that
neighborhood that this means the con
struction of a branch to connect the Kan
sas City line with the extension to the
Black Hills and Wyoming.
Wcgping Water will give the water
works question a second turn next
month. The town officials did not tread
the straight and narrow path three
weeks ago when $15,000 was voted , bo a
second effort will bo made as soon as the
legal forms are complied with.
Plattsmouth has just boon relieved of
ono of the meanest mortals that over
drew breath. His name is Charles
Johnson. He deserted a sick wife and
robbed her of $270 in cash , the savings
of years , and leftsevoral ( fat bills on the
books of trubty merchants. Some friendly
poor house will eventually box his car
cass.
cass.Tlio Blair Republican thinks Omaha
is a boullcbs corporation and docs not
care a a fig for the country through
which the Yankton road will bo built.
The Republican is suffering from a con
traction of its brain bureau , nnd its ina
bility to see beyond the beacon on its
nose is excusable ill'tlio present state of
the weather.
Scribner is suffering from nn attack of
county seat fever. Since the old rook-
cry In Fremont wa ? scourged by fire the
idea of removal has grown Into active
life in the Scribner neighborhood. The
Gorman Farmers' club has offered a
bonus of $5,000 us an incentive to re
moval. A vigorous and bitter fight is
dawning in Dodgo.
The south bound passenger train be
tween Crete and Wilbor , plowed
through a drove of cattle during the
bllmird , without leaving the track.
The engineer could not sco ahead and
was running at a lively rate through
the storm. The cattle drifted on the
track and twenty-three were killed.
The engine was daubed with the hair
and blood of the slaughtered animals.
The Omaha half dime museum ,
fctocked by the late blizzard , has mot
with cold fndifforonco and rebuffs since
its .inauguration. The bchomo of the
loijuueiou * lo'b to ruiuo u few reds from
the frozen form of their brother' has
been a financial failure. Timrs have
changed. The dust nnd rust of the past
has not enveloped the time whun the
white man would pay liberally for a
glance nt n "good" Indian.
The Weeping Water Republican feels
sore nt heart and mortally offended because -
cause that distinguished lawyer of
Omaha , Judge Salvation Cooley , failed
to call on the editor while in town last
week. The Republican's affection for
the jcdgo Is valued nt$7.60 cash , and his
failure to fork over that amount has Im
pressed the editorial mind with the cruel
belief that the jedgo would steal a ride
on a railroad train or any ether convey
ance if ho could hide in the closet.
John S. Stull , the victim of Hum
phrey's Iron jaw , has risen from the ju
dicial boneyard of the First district to
smash another opponent. Ho has writ
ten to Brother Follows , of Auburn :
"Please discontinue the Post. " Such
disinterested advice tendered without a
retainer surprised Mr. Fellows , and ho
replied tartly : "Had you asked us to
discontinue the suit wo'havo against you
for what is duo us , and assigned a good
rcabon therefor , wo would have gladly
considered the proposition. But after
refusing to pay us what you justly owe.
now to ask us to 'discontinue the Post'
is , wo think , very unreasonable. You
are sol fish I"
The wise man of Syrac-UM ) , with two
dronlo daughters , sent out pressing In
vitations last week' to male admirers to
participate in n snow shoveling beo.
The responses in pei-bon were prompt
and numerous , ana the wise man had
roads oooned in all directions with very
llttlo energy on his part. The beaux
worked like beavers on a dam , and were
treated to a hot supper when the job
was done. But the girls did not appear
and their ardor and appetite fell toero
and below when the old man , with a
hilarious wink , informed them that the
girls were visiting in Nebraska City.
The announcement produced a dolleioub
coolness under their collars and they
kicked themselves to'111011-respective
homes.
The West Point Republican is ono
bright and over blooming admirer of
Omaha enterprise and getthereativoncss
Its truthfulness in an exhilarating
oasis in a desert of doubt. Speaking of
the reorganized Omaha < fc Yankton rail
road company , the Republican says :
"This now bears astrong impress of bus
iness. Omaha has evidently come to
the conclusion that she ha8 waited just
as long an it is safe and is determined
to do something. Not only is this true
of Omaha , but it is also true of at least
two railroad companies. There is no
doubt that the Chicago , Milwaukee &
St. Paul and the Missouri Pacific both
intend to occupy this territory. These
companies came to this determination a
good while ago , but by tacit consent
neither has made a move up to date.-
But the situation has changed. An
other actor has appeared upon the
scene , The Illinois Central is coming
into Nebraska , and is evidently not
open to any compromise. The other
companies are evidently aware of this
and know there is no time to lose. It is
a fortunate thing for the country that
matters now assume the shape that they
do , It means music in the air in rail
way circles next summer. "
Our Commercial Marine.
U. K. Timber in Dra1i6' Mauazlnc.
There is nothing more strange than
the perfect equanimity with which our
people view the decadence of the ship
ping interests of this country , which
oncpo wore so prosperous , and in which
the nation took such great pride. It is
the more strange in view of our great
activity in all enterprises on this conti
nent. A nation of sixty millions of
people , the greatest producers and the
largest consumers per capita of any na
tion in the world , one which it would
seem should have a greater interest in
its commercial marine than any ether ,
sits supinely by and sees this once pros
perous industry go down , down , until its
flag has nearly disappeared from the
ocean.
Early in this century wo began to bo
a rival of England in the ocean carry
ing tradotho war with England in 1812 ,
wo made rapid strides ; from 1814 to 1827
wo increased our foreign tonnage I00 !
per cent and in the same time England's
tonnage increased only 50 per cent.
An editorial in the London Times in
May , 1827 , said : "It is not our habit to
bound the tocsin on light occasions , but
wo conceive it to bo impossible to view
the existing state of things in this
country , without more than apprehen
sion and alarm. The shipping interests ,
the cradle of our navy , is half-ruined.
Our commercial monopoly exists no
longer ; and thousands of our manufac
turers are starving or seeking redemp
tion in foreign lands , Wo have closed
the Western Indies against America
from feelings of commercial rivalry.
Its active bcamon have already en
grossed an important branch of our car
rying trade to the East Indies. Her
starred flag is now conspicuous on every
bea , and will boon defy our thunder. "
No wonder that England was alarmed.
Wo built better and faster sailing ships ;
they were manned and sailed by Ameri
can seamen. Wo had at ono time 2,188
American shipyards that employed
21,1545 men in building ships ; wo paid to
those operatives $12,713,815 ; and wo
produced the value of $ M,800,1127 annu
ally in "American clippers. "
Now wo have 12 shipyards building
iron ships and 175 yards building
wo/don vessels which includes 80 that
are building shipping on the lakes.
Wo transported of our exports and
imports from 1791 to 1830 , 8 ( ! per cent ;
from 18152 to 1810 , 37 per cent ; from 1840
to 1857 , 05 per cent ; from 18-57 to I860 ,
07 per cent ; from 1801 to 1870 , 40 per
cent ; from 1872 to 1880 , 28 per cent ;
from 1881 to 18&5 , 21 por-cent , and in
188G only about 11 per cont. Vessels
sailing under foreign flags in 1880 car
ried about 89 per cent of our own experts -
ports nnd imports. The amountof mer
chandise in value was $1.070,819,258 At
a low estimate wo paid to foreign ship
owners for freighting our own goods
$75,000,000 in 1880.
England's wealth and power is ] the
result of the fostering care she has
taken of her shipping interests. In
1051 parliament passed nn act : "That
no goods should bo imported into Eng
land or exported out of it , except in
vobsols belonging to the people of Eng
land. " Ebon Scott bays ; "The result of
that act far transcended the wildest
dreams of Lombard and Venetian ava
rice , Or the grandest schemes of Span
ish and Portuguese conquest. It not
only becured to the people who enacted
it the greatest share of the world's car
rying trade , but the trade also Know Its
master nnd followed at once with be
coming servility. England's rulers
from that time have , through all the
changes of times and conditions , held
to tlio policy of controlling , so far an
possible , the carrying trade of
the world. When it became evident that
iron would replace wood in buildIng -
Ing ships , and steam vessels could drive
sailing vessels from the ocean carrying
trade , England's rulers , carrying out
the bauio policy or control under the
changed conditions , promptly granted
such largo sums for ocean mall service
that her merchants wore induced to
build and run steamships , so that Great
Britulii uow holds and controls to u
great extent the carrying trade ou the
ocean.
Germany , France , Italy , nnd oven
Spain , seeing the great IwiiolltM ncoru-
ing to Great Britain from the wise mil-
ioy of dominating the world by nor
steam commercial marine , are following
In her footstop-t and are becoming rivals
In ocean transportation ,
This country , with the most extensive
sea coast of any nation on the earth ,
with a vast surplus of raw products
needed by other nations , with n manu
facturing cnyacity capable of competing
with , and in many instances leading
other nations both as to co t of produc
ing nnd superiority of product , are now
in the position described by Hon. Chaun-
ccy M. Depew in a recent speech : "Wo
build 140,000 miles of railroad at a capi
talization of $8 , < )00,000.,000 ) to bring the
output of our farms , our mills and our
mines to the sea coast and then sit on our
treasures nnd gao uxti | the ocean with
something of the helpless wonder of the
aborigines .who first roamed these
states. "
Tlio London Gazette in a recent issue
says : "In the palmy days of American
shipping , their line clippers were to bo
found spreading their wluto wingH in all
parts of the ocean ; now it is a rnro thing
to meet in thu world's highways a vowel
flying the American ling ; " and it wont
on to bay that although our Hag was
rarely seen on tno ocean , the American
people wore beginning to wako up to
the situation and it behooved English
men to keep their "weather eye open , "
and to take every stop possible to main
tain their supremacy on the ocean.
It is to the interest of the producer of
raw productsuvcr.v manufacturer , every
merchant , every laborer , that this great
industry should have the sameun -
couragoinent as foreign nations extend
to their shipping interests. It utili/es
the product of our forests and our mines ;
it gives us vessels lor u navy , ready in
time of war , and it produces skilled
American seamen. Ninety-five per
cent , of the cost of ship-building is paid
for labor. Is this subject not worthy of
our immediate attention ?
Colllnloii-ProoT TrnliiH.
New Yuilt Commorfdl Ailfeitlter.
Railroad accidents , us a rule , are un
mitigated calamities without a redeem
ing feature. But the accident which
happened to the Pennsylvania's limited
vestibule train near Pi ttsburg yesterday
morning might bo called almost a wel
come and fortunate ono. The train was
going at full speed when it ran into an
other train , with the familiar result of
smashing both locomotives into n mass
ofscrap iron and blocking the line for
several hours. But the engineers and
fironyjn luckily escaped serious injury ;
and , as for the passengers on the
limited , none was badly hurt ,
and most of thorn remained in ignor
ance of the fact that anything
rninarknhlo had happened until they
wont forward and toolf a look at the lo
comotives. Several bore witness that
they "were asleep in their berths and
were awakened by the eras h , but were
not otherwise disturbed. " The vestibule
cars themselves were BO slightly in
jured that they could continue on their
journey to this city as soon as the track
was clear.
This , wo may hope , points the way tea
a now and brighter era in railway trav
eling. If the vestibule system proves ,
as in this incident , conducive not only
to the greater comfort but also to the
creator safety of the traveler , it will bo
regarded with justice as a necessity ,
rather than ns a more luxury , and will
perforce como into general use. Yes
terday's accident , if it had befallen a
train of ordinary cars , would have occa
sioned , undoubtedly , a general smashup -
up and a deplorable lo.ss of life. The
cars would have been broken into
bits and twisted up ana piled to
gether and burned up , as usual in
such cases. But hero was a long train ,
welded together on the vestibule plan ,
which ran full tilt into a heavy freight
train , and did not oven leave the track ,
nor wan it disabled sufficiently to pre
vent its further progress. This is em
phatically a new thing in railroading.
The days of "telescoping" seem to have
gone by. or , at least , they will soon be
passed , if the vestibule system can be
relied on to the extent which this occurrence -
curronco would appear to indicate as
reason ably probable.
Lovely Trio of Kilkenny Cats.
JViNui/tJjjhfa llcciml.
The most novel strike of the season is
that of the railroad companies against
the btcol rail mills. Two years ago the
eleven steel rail mills of the country
were organized into the Bessemer Steel
association. At that time blecl rails
wore selling' for $27 per ton. The first
aim of the now association was to ad
vance prices , and in furtherance of that
idea its members decided to restrict
production. This move forced an active
demand from the railroad companies ,
and the price of stool rails was rapidly
advanced to 840 per ton. But the rail
road managers determined they would
not bo caught a second time in the same
trap , and last summer they entered into
a combination to keep out of the market
until the price of steel rails for delivery
in 1888 should have boon reduced to $ ! iO
per ton. Then the manufacturers de
termined that they would not bo beaten
at their own game , so they decided to
close their own mills rather than yield.
The struggle has now become ono of en
durance between these giant combina
tions. A third combination , the coke
syndicate , has boon dragged into the
contest because of the stoppage of work
in the mills and the consequent diminu
tion in the demand for coke , the price
of which has boon reduced from $2 to
$1.50 per ton. This loving trio of Kil
kenny cats will have the best wishes of
the little kittens.
HOOKS tVN'D MAGAZIMCS.
"Tho Debater's Handbook" is a late
publication by Leo & Shepard , Boston.
It is a valuable boolc to the young and
old.
* *
"Ca Ira or Danton In the French
Revolution , " by Lawrence Gronlund , A.
M. , is issued by Leo &Shopard , Boston.
The book is dedicated "to the earnest
minority who are waiting and working
for the now social order , ' ' and will lo
found interesting to all classes.
* *
E. N. Klrby Is thoauthor of "Vocal
and Action 'Langu ago , " a very val
uable and Intoros ting work for the
student and Instructor. Leo & Shepard ,
Boston , are the publishers.
*
* '
"Talks to Young Men- ( With Asides
to Young Women ) , " is the work of Rev.
Robert Collyor , published by Leo &
Shepard , Boiton. The productions of
Robert Collyor need no praise. Ills excellent -
collont advice has modelled the lives of
many worthy men , and this , bin latest
production , will bo found beneficial to
all who read it.
*
"Faith's Festivals ? " by Mary Lake-
man , Is a pretty little Chribtmnb story ,
and worthy a place on every family
book-shelf. Lee & Shophard , Boston ,
are the publishers.
"Baker's Humorous Speaker" con-
talus a series of recitations and reiitl-
, * . * ; r ' ' ' . ' ' . : ' : " : ' ' .
' ' ' ' ' ' % ' "
" .
. : . ,
Ings In Yankee , Irish , medley nnd
'Nojrrd dialect. I-KJO & Shophtml , Bos
ton , publishers.
Leo & Shophard , Boston , have n
porios of handsome llttlo books which
speak for themselves , and should have
a place in every homo. They ro ex
cellent reading for the old and young ,
Among them are "Gray's KU'gv , " "It
Was a Calm Night1vMiy Should the
Spirit of Mortal be Proud ? " "King
Out , Wild BellH , " "Tho Breaking
Waves Dashed High , " "That Glorious
Song of All. " Each Is handsomely
illustrated , and combined will make an
excellent present to u friend or self.
A very interesting book in that en
titled "Tho Colonel's Money. " It is by
Lucy C. Lilly , and published by Harper
Bros. , and is a pretty story.
Poems by Josiah Allen's wlfo ( Mari
etta Holley ) , illustrated by Gibson and
others , is a late Issue. There are over
sixty poems , some short and others ol
considerable length , in this daintj
and beautifully gotton-np volume.
Some of thu separate poems are exquis
itely tender and beautiful. As a whole
there is a naturalness , a delicacy and
sweetness of sentiment , and a touching
pathos , to say nothing of Iho rhythm
pervading it , that cannot fail to com
mend the volume to all lovers of good
poetry. Published by Funk& Wagnalls ,
New York.
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Juliet Carson has written nn Instructive
tive- book entitled "Family Living on
SoOO a Year. " It is u dally reference
book for young and inexperienced
housewives. Harper Bros , are the pub
lishers.
*
W. P. Frith , R . A. , has writt n n
work entitled "My Auto-biography and
Reminiscent-OS. ' ' A very interesting
tale is this and ono which will provo in
structive to young and old alike. Har
per Bros , are the publishers.
The latest production of Hie pleasing
pen of W. D. Howolls , in entitled "April
Hopes. " The name of the author will
insure it attention and thu work will bo
the subject tosamo criticism pro and con ,
which this writer has encountered.
"April Hopes , " however , is a delightful
story. Harper Bros are the publishers.
*
The Woman's World improves with
every number , and that for February is
particularly interesting. Tlio frontis
piece is a portrait of the Princess of
Wales in her academic robes as a doc
tor of music. Lady' Wilde , the mother
of the editor , opens the reading pngoti
with a poem on "Historic Women , "this
is followed by a prone description of n
historic house , Kirby hall , the homo of
Sir Christopher HalUm , by Lady Con
stance Howard. "Medicine
as a pro
fession for women , " is the subject of a
paper by Mary A. Marshall , M. 1) .
The literary and ether notes by the ed -
tor , Mr. Oscar Wilde , are more literary
than otherwise , but they are all con
spicuous for that easy style and clever
ness for which Mr. Wilde is famous.
The discussion of the month's fashions
is loft to the end of , the magazine.
There are London fashions and Paris
fashions and pictures of Sara Born-
hurdt's costumes in her now play. The
Woman's World realizes its mission
and is prepared to fulfill it. Cassoll &
Co. , Now York.
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" American Authors , " by Amanda B.
Harris , is published by the D. Lothrop
company of Boston. All lovers of
books have a natural curiosity
to know something about their
writers , and the better the book a
the keener the curiosity. Miss
Harris lias written tlio various chapters
of the volume with a full 'appreciation
of this fact. She tolls us about the
earlier group of American writers ,
Irving , Cooper , Prescott , Emerson and
Hawthorne , all of whom are gone , and
also of some of those who came later ,
among them the Gary sisters , Thoreau ,
Lowell , Helen Hunt , Donald G. Mitch
ell and others. Miss Harris has a
happy way of imparting information
and tlio boys and girls into whoso hands
this little book may fall will find it
pleasant reading.
Jo-of Hoffmann's present craze is typo
writing. Mr. Abby gave him a typewriter -
writer for a Christmas gift and the lad
refuses to part from it , BO it has to bo
carried with him from city to city , so
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