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A CHAPTER ON CROPS ,
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Opinions of Loading Grain Factors
on European Prospects.
SEVERAL CONFLICTING VERDICTS
The Harvest of 1000 Considered
Curious in Many Rosnocts.
WHEAT YIELDS SUFFICIENTLY ,
But the Quality Causes Uneasiness
Among the Farmers.
PRICES STEADILY GOING UPWARD
The Kxpected Short Aige Considered liy
Many to Ito Overrated Franco
the GroatcHt HuflTerer In-
tcrcatltiK BUUlntltM.
European Crop Reports.
[ Copyrta'itSSSiy James Contort /Jsmn/M
LONDON , August 25. fNow York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Hun. ] The sudden
activity In the wheat market In the United
States centres of grain speculation has led to
n general commercial Inquiry as to the crop
prospects In Europe. 1 made this morning a
canvass through the various avenues of the
corn market with a view to having the above
inquiry answered. The harvest of 1S83 Is
generally thought ono of the most curious In
Iho history of agriculture , and is raising
more discussions not only In Mincing Lane
but In Lombard street and Capel Court ,
where the newspapers are eagerly scanned
ns to the latest reports of the weather and
crops of Europe. The general verdict seems
to ho that the year In wheat will not bo quite
BO disastrous as far as quantity goes. It is
the quality which Is causing the farmers and
corn factors to feel uneasy.
The European wheat crop this year can not
bo compared with last year's ' , but then it
must bo remembered that the harvest was
phenomenal in 187. In 18S7 the harvest was
exceptionally good , but likewise almost two
months later , so that operators will have
only cloven months to provide for a difference
of 3JOOJ,100 bushels in the demand this year.
These figures seem to bo overlooked by the
leading papers. One of the principal grata
factors hero , who wishes his name sup
pressed for sposulatlvo reasons , gave his
view of the situation as follows :
"Tho wheat crop in south Uussla will this
year surpass both in quality and quantity
anything wo have known for fourteen or fif
teen years. From 33 shillings per quarter
the prlco has gradually gone up to 40 shillings ,
at which it now remains. California ! ! re
ports are hotter every day , and hero likewise
prices have gained 5 shillings. However ,
Russia will supply us with the greatest quan
tity , being 10 per cent more than last year. "
Messrs. Han an & , Co. , who are one of the
oldest Arms In the city , informed mo that the
wheat crop of Great Britain was about ns
poor a ouo as has been known this
century. The total estimated number
of bushels is about 000,000,000 , so that
wo should bo douondent on other cpuntncs
for about 100,000,000 , were It not for a gain of
20,000,000 bushels in the surplus of last year's
Into crop , and which must bo deducted from
the amount. "Of course , " said Mr. Hanan ,
"thcso figures are estimates ana may be
open to correction. "
Mr. W. D. Barnett thinks that the wheat
crop Is undoubtedly bad , and , Judging by the
Weather , likely to bo worse. Franco is in
the sauio predicament , and in Germany , al
though showing a fairly average crop , the
quality Is poor. Austria and Hungary
Will secure a good harvest , but Rus-
ela will beat everything. There is
an increase , however , in the average
of 10 per cent in Great Britain , nnd this im
portant item seems to have been overlooked.
The price is not llkoly to move for the pres
ent , although higher prices must rule in the
long run. At the sumo time it has ex
perienced a considerable advance already of
about 5 shillings all around. I would not bo
surprised if Franco eventually would show
at least a 10 per cent increase in her average ,
which of course , would upset the bad esti
mates formed.
I hoar indirectly from Messrs. Sasson &
Co. that Persia Intends exporting a small
quantity of wheat , owing to the
annulment of the prohibition. A gen
tlcmun highly connected on the Baltic
and at Mincing Lane , says that wo are per
fectly independent of the United States
owing to the excellent harvest In the colonies
and in India. Holland and Belgium are not
quite up to the market , with a deficiency ol
600,000 bushels as compared with last year.
Another corn factor opined that the
shortage will not Increase the demand , partlj
owing to the excellent stiuo of breadstuffs.
Thus one may summarize the opinions ol
leading men by saying that things are not s <
bad as they seem , and while the English and
French farmers will undoubtedly have a
hard time in one respect , they will bo in re
celpt of higher prices for their breadstuff * .
FAR FROM ENCOURAGING.
A Liverpool Factor's Opinion of the
English Crop Prospects.
lCupvr(0ht ( 1SSS by Jiiines Gonlou Utnnttt.i
LivKiii'OOL , August 35. [ Now York Her
ald Crtblo Special to THE BEE. ] I called to
day upon Mr. W. Blainc , ono of the oldest
and best known corn factors , In order to ob
tain his opinion as an export upon the Eu
ropcan wheat crop of 1853. Ho said , in
answer to my questions :
"Tho general outlook , as to the Europoat
wheat crop Is an extremely gloomy one '
Throughout the whole of western Europe th
climatic Influences this summer have bcei
wholly reversed. Especially has this bee :
the case In England , which , though malnl ;
Important to the general market as a con
turning rather than as a producing country
U ballevl a factor ID the calculation. I find 1
estimated by competent Judges that the En
glish wheat harvest will prove one of the
worst of the country.
"Did not an old authority say , 'Tell mo the
summer's temperature nnd I will tell youtho
wheat crop ! ' This seems likely to provo
good this year. The temperature has been
cxaesslvely low , nnd the freezing point has
been reached on more than ono occasion
even In July nnd August. This result must
bo more annoyluit from the fact that a larger
breadth of wheat has been sown than last
year , nnd that through the earlier monthsup
to the end of June , It looked remarkably
well everywhere. The low temperature and
excessive rainfall in July , however , utterly
destroyed the good prospect , and loft the
wheat farms stranded.
"In Franco the wheat harvest Is also very
bad. This Is duo to similar weather to that
experienced In England. Advices report that
the now wheat is so soft and out of condition
that it is qulto unfit for marketing.
"Austria , Hungary and Germany have
only a poor crop , and the harvest is ilnishcd.
The quantity is n fair average , but it is gen
erally of an inferior quality. Russia Inn n
fair crop , but hero also wheat has been very
bad , and in both central and southern Rus
sia largo quantities of grain are reported
damaged. Spain tins also a poor crop.
"No other European country has sufilcient
areas under wheat to bo entitled to n place in
the computation , but It may be said that
from no substantial area In Europe Is there a
wholly satisfactory report. Brilliant weather ,
of which there is at present but a faint pros
pect , may create a pause for a few days , bat
the inevitable tendency in prices is upwards ,
and from the present low ranges much
higher prices nro to bo anticipated.
T1IK WJIKAT CHOP.
A Lending French Dealer Predicts
Very Hl h Prices.
[ Cop/rf0M ) 1SSS IiiJumtn Ooitlim llenneUA
PAKIS , August CC [ New York Herald
Cable Special to Tin : Biiu.l A leading
member of the largest wheat firm in Paris
furnished the representative of the Herald
yesterday with valuable information regard
ing the present crisis in wheat.
"Wo have foreseen this trouble for weeks , "
ho began , "and our conviction ns to the im
minence of higher prices was so firm that
a month ago wo began buying largo quan
tities of wheat in American markets for
which wo paid more than the same article
would bring hero in France. At that
tlmo many dealers thought us mad ,
but they think so no longer. Wo have at
present on hand about 1,200,000 quarters , and
we are still buying. A month ngo few houses
were able or willing to risk half u million
dollars on thc'truth of the pessimistic predictions -
dictions of European wheat growers. We
were almost alone in acting on these ad
vices. Wo have had no reason to regret our
action. This crisis is genuine because the
causes producing it are natural. Nor is the
full magnitude of the dcllclcney of the
wheat harvest vet appreciated. With
in the past few days the reports
of growers all over Franco are
to the effect that the threshing now going on
and which is the ojily real test , is demon
strating that the condition of things is much
moro serious than they had supposed. The
shortage In Franco alone , as compared with
last year , will be not loss than 0OCO,000 , quar
ters. This Is due , of course , to the unprceo-
dented bad weather with the continued cold
and unerasing rains. England has been even
harder oft and will have to import this year
an excess , nt least , of 4,000,090 quarters
over her imports of a year ago.
The shortage in Italy will bo
3,000,000. quarters and In Germany 3,000 , .
000 quarters , making in all Europe n shortage
of certainly 10,000,000 quarters , which will
have to bo supplied from Russia , India , Aus
tralia and America.
"Let us look , then , at the wheat markets in
the different countries. The Australian crops
have been good , but they are of llttlo im
portance from their limited extent. In India
the monsoons which wcro counted on to
ripen the wheat have been wanting , and
unless they spring up in September
the Indian crop will bo a failure.
Even assuming this harvest satisfactory ,
Hindoo merchants , with their characteristic
shrewdness , are disposed to hold back the
surplus wheat ol last year , in expectation of
a still further rise. Therefore , India cannot
bo counted on at present to relieve the situa
tion. There remains Russia and the United
States where wheat crops have been up to
the average , In spite of interested reports to
the contrary. As 1 said , wo began giving
orders in both thcso markets months ago.
Other French houses , more timid than our
selves , began buying about two
weeks ago and within the last few
days there has been a general
rush for wheat. So much so that quite an
excitement has been produced m the United
States , where prices have already advanced
nearly 10 per cent. In Franco the rise has
amounted to about " 0 per cent. I shall bo
greatly surprised if there Is not a further
rise In prices which , all things considered ,
scorns to mo as yet cheap. I should have
mentioned that , small as is the European
harvest , it Is not oven satisfactory In
Itsquallty. So much so that much of it will be
unfit for anything but fodder. The
demand , therefore upon Russia nnd the
United States will bo trenienduous. I ex
pect to sco wheat selling next winter at n
rise of 20 per cent. There are , however , cer
tain reasons why present prices may remain
unchanged for some months , that Is , suppos
ing speculation docs not force thorn up pre
maturely. The chief of thcso reasons Is the
fact that the farmers of the continent being ,
as n rule , In greatly reduced circum
stances , will bo forced by their Immediate
necessities to sell at once their entire stock
n
of wheat holding book none of it. This will
* produce a temporary abundance , but it will
bo only an Illusory abundance Inasmuch ai
n
the supply from this source will be totally
inadequate to meet the demand. These
small quantities of wheat being once exhausted -
hausted the crisis will break out again in Its
full entirety and prices will continue U
mount.
LEAD COLORED DAYS.
They Still Continue to Prevail at
the Gorman Capital.
FROSTS IN MAY AND AUGUST.
Summer Birds Wing Their Way to
Moro Congenial Climos.
THE BEER MARKET DEPRESSED.
Certain People Who Consider the
Weather Timely.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH IN SURGERY
German ICditors ? ! ako Unkind Kef-
crences to ItoulniiKcr Another
Accident In Snorts Warn
ing to Coin Collectors.
AVIth the Wcatlicr.
1883 by James Oonlonemird.l
BCULIN , August 25. [ New York Herald
Cable Soeeial to THE Bm.l The weather
as occasionally , fits of lucidity , but is In the
main so unfit for everyday Hfo that it seems
ut of place outside of n lunatic asylum. Ono
unfortunate market gardener writes to the
apors complaining that his garden truck
, vas frozen on May 'JS , and on August 21 all
ils cucumbers , beans und potatoes were
gain frosted. The summer birds went south
, hree weeks ahead of time , and a falling off
n the consumption of beer at the summer
ardens has been such as to threaten the ex-
stcnco of several breweries. Altogether ,
, hero is a Just cause for complaint ,
and none the less because a se
vere winter is threatened. A few
: ) eoplo consider the weather timely.
iVmoiig these are seventy colonels und lleu-
: cnant colonels , who have just been unex
pectedly retired from the regular army to
make room for younger men trained in the
now tactics.
But the worst of all are the bathing house
keepers. Thirteen crocodiles , it seems , re
cently escaped from a ship into that river
Hamburg. Ono tame ono scared a
pleasure party into hysterics by attempting
to got into their boat. This ono was caught
but the other twelve are still at large. Con
seimontly bathing is at discount , and theo
is much anxiety among bath owners lest an
open winter should so accllmati/o the
brutes as to found a race of Elbe crocodiles.
The weather , too , has affected oven the
calmness of the German editors. Witness
the National Zeitung , which writes of the
revivified French patriot : "Foxes , skulilts
and cats are famed for their nine lives , but
all must retire ashamed before General Bou-
langer. " Or the ICrouzo Zeitung : "Poor
Franco is compelled to choose between a har
lequin like Boulanger and a puppet like Gob
let in politics. "
An attempt is still being made to insinuate
that Von Moltke retired because of a difference -
enco with the kaiser , but the indisputable
fact is that ho resigned in order to set an ex
ample to the many supcranuated officers who
must shortly bo pensioned off.
In military matters interest centers largely
m the maneuvers near Spandau and In the
night alarms of the Berlin garrison. For
Instance , at 3 a. m. precisely the kaiser sent
a trumpeter to reuse the cavalry regiment of
the gardo do corps. Within eight minutes
the regiment , in complete marching order ,
had trotted out of their barracks.
In sports thcro has been another serious
accident to u gentleman rider. Lieutenant
Suffert fell under his horse at Charlotten-
burg and was so injured that his
recovery is a triumph for surgery
and in medicine a successful case
of their transplanting , not from ono person
to another , but from a corpse to a living per
son , Is exciting great Interest. The patient
was so badly burned that the skin would not
grow again of itself over the burn. No one
offered to supply from his body the skin
necessary for grafting , and the patient was
too weak to bear the cutting of skin from the
unburncd part ot his body. Accordingly a
corpse was brought in , and strips of its skin
wore cut off nnd grafted on the burned man.
Tno grafts grew , and nil goes well , barring
the unpleasantness of having a part of a
corpse always on you or of you.
Coin collectors must watch out for a full
weight counterfeit of the Sterbo thaler of
1661. As the real coins sell for 20 marks
each , It occurred to some ono to coin u coun
terfeit , which is in every way as good ns the
original except as regards its rarity.
At a recent church festival of deat mutes
180 persons took part. All the railroads gave
them reduced fares and they were every
where specially cared for.
AXTl-OIiOLiEUA INOCULATION.
I'nMeur Thinks Dr. Gamnlcla Has
Made a Great Discovery.
[ Copj/rfflht J6SS J > ) / Jamts Gordim Itcnnctt. ]
PAIUS , August 25. fNow York Herald
Cable Special to TUB Br.B.l The event of
the week , of course , bus been the Russian
doctor , Gamalola's alleged discovery of a
method of anti-cholera inoculation. Pasteur
whom , at the tlmo of the Spanish doctor ,
Perron's supposed invention four years agol
found extremely skeptical as to the possi
bility of preventing cholera by inoculation , is
quite convinced. I interviewed him again
this week.
"I am so thoroughly convinced of Gama-
lela's success , " said Pasteur , ' 'that I would
to-morrow , wore their neea , allow the test to
be made upon my own person and In so doing
should run very small risk. Of course there
was nothing novel in the Idea of inoculation
against cholera. The difficulty lay in apply *
Ing the well-understood principles of vac
cination to the new case , as I had already ap
plied them to hydrophobia 'and as someone
ono else will one day apply them to tubercu
losis and other diseases. Tbo question was
how to do it. There is whcro Gamalcia has
hewn Llmsclf great In devolving with won-
dcrful patience nnd skill , practical realiza
tion from theoretical polslblllty. ! Hereto
fore the Insurmountable difficulty has laid
in the fact that there was no
known way of following the ex
perimental method Inasmuch as
human virus seemed incapable of
infecting the lower animals. Gamolela suc
ceeded in producing virus so deadly that n
single drop would provo fatal to either
guinea pig or pigeon. That was the first
great stride. Ho had now the means for ex-
v-lment. Ho could cultivate according to
the usual chemical methods starting with
human virus , a bacillus , almost
harmless. He had also found n bacil
lus of a most virulent typo. If
a pigeon or guinea-dig could bo brought to
resist this last form of cholera virus which
would ordinarily kill these creatures with
absolute certainty , they might bo fairly con
sidered as hnvlnpp erfoct immunity from ttio
disease. This Is precisely what Gamalcia
has accomplished. Ho found that n series
of inoculations with weaker preparations
rendered the bird or animal perfectly indif-
ercnt to the most violent cholera virus. The
ainc reasoning applies to man. As I said ,
no would run hardly any risk In making the
xpcrimcnt , for the weaker bacilli arc incapa-
ne of injuring oven a pigeon. By following
ho progressive method wo should gradually
irrive at complete immunity. "
PAIUS PERSONALS.
What Society Pcoplo Are Doing In the
French Capital.
1 ( 1 tin . /times ( Innliin Ifnnrt. ]
PAIIIS , August 2.V [ New \ork Herald
Cable Special to TUB Unr.1 After pout-
ng and coquetting with us the lust few days
ho weather seems to have amended its ways
and has settled down Into Its normal August
nood. Trees which had kept their freshness
much longer than usual arc beginning to put
on their irolden tints. The sun is pltllebs and
only metaphorically can the thousands who
ire pouring out into the country shako the
ilust from the fcoles of their feet as they
eave the hot , sticky asphalts of the boule
vards. Now ns ever , however , the queen of
cities has charms which' suffice to keep its
American worshipers f&ithful. At dinner
he Cnfo dcs Ambassndcurs is still blessed
by pilgrims from Gotham. Seated almost
cheek by jowl the other evening i saw
Augustln Daly , Ada Rohan , Marie Roze nnd
Chauncey Depew , while nt.Ledoycn's , across
the Avenue dcs Chumps Elysees , next day ,
among my neighbors at a pleasant little
unch with two or thrco stars of the Paris
opera , wcro Judge Van Brunt and ex-Con
gressman John B. Alley , both looking very
indifferent to politics. Mr.-William Post and
his family are back from their holiday ram
bles , and arc preparingJto soil for America
by the Normandie. Mr. And Mrs. Huntington -
ton , of Cincinnati , with tHeitboautiful dauuh-r
ter ; the Bishop of Iowa , MrCnnd Irs. Brock-
hoist Cuttings , and Roar Admiral Case
have all been scon lately enjoying the
delights of being jolted over Paris
by u Pai is cabman. On the other hand wo
miss Mrs. A brain Hewitt , who has fitted to
London , Mr. MeLano , who is sipping his
dcmitasscs on the Terrace St. Germain. Mrs.
James B. Stebbins of New York , who has
vanished Ostenwards , arid many other well
known Americans. Judge Van Brunt
sailed to-day by * _ " the Gascogno.
Trouvillo and Dcanvlllo "ore being rapidly
emptied of visitors. The tjdeof fashion now
sots in the direction -Dieppe , Boulogne
nnd Dinard all of whieh'Tiro crowded with
foreigners. Among other strangers at the
Dinard regatta the otlm day were Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Bridgmairaud Mr. and Mrs.
Tllgman of Philadelphia. At Boulogne the
London Lila Clax and tbo po'pulur comedians
all have boon seen In a group this week
feverishly staking tliolrfrancs on and Na
poleons on the petits Chevaux.
Free Speech in France.
iii < l/'i ' < 'S6S t > u Janjtt Gordon llennitt. ' ]
PAIIIS , August 23. jNow York Herald
Cable Special to THE BEE.l A * a proof of
the liberty not to say license of speech nl-
lowed In F-ranco under tbo much abused re
public , the address of Dule at the royal
ist banquet at the Hotel Continental on the
occasion of the Comic do Paris' fiftieth
birthday Thursday is " worth mentioning.
"Wo are oppressed without being governed , "
exclaimed Dulo. "Thej present government
cannot expect to lead a'great country. " Ho
wound up with a toast \a \ the Comte do Paris
which was vociferously taken up and freely
translated by the company into "Vivo Lo Roi
Seientittquc. " " -
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llailrond ItatCH Advanced.
CiiiuAoo , August 25. The conference be
tween the general froigh't agents of the east
ern and western lines was concluded to-day.
It resulted in an nsreemiSit on the part of
the eastern roads to ; nd\fani'o their rules
from shipping points 'Jn middle western
points to Mississippi riverK ) > lms , but the ad
vance Is not to bo on tha basis originally pro
posed by the western r < Juds. A compromise
tariif was adopted totako effect September
17. Rates from Toledo ; Columbus , Buffalo ,
PittHburg , Youngstown , Cincinnati , Sala
manca , ela , to Illinois1 junction points are
advanced from 1 taiQ oouts per hundred
pounds. t
Sioux City' Cdd'e-Postponed.
CIIICACO , August 2o. To-dav was the day
set by the Illinois Central road for putting
into effect its proposal reduction in the
rate on merchandise of the fifth class from
Chicago to Sioux City ' but the now rate
didn't go into effect. The officials of the
road , after mature deliberation , decided to
postpone action for the present and the other
roads were accordingly , nattficd that the
proposed rnto had beeawithdrawn. It was
found that the other lines would have a
similar rate to. Council ! Bluffs and Kansas
City , and Sioux City wquld have been in the
same relative position a before.
* ;
A Grand Army Day.
CIHTAUQUA , N. Y. , August 83 : This has
been Grand Army duj. , Oennral ' Alger , of
Michigan , presided at tthd'lecture on ' The
man with the muBket'by Tlobort Mclntyro ,
of Illinois. Bishop Vincent welcomed tbo
veterans and Judge Albion , W. Tourgce spoke
of "Tho rebel soldier In the ranks and the
soldier In history and fiction. " ,
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Dressed It oof nnd Jjiya Stock * Rates.
CHICAGO , Aujust 21 The Pennsylvania
company to-day nut ( uto'pn'cct ) ( s advanced
rates on dressed beefand livestock , 25'and
'
10 cents respectively. Toimo'rrow the Chicago
cage & Atlantic and Brio roads will put into
effect their differential rate' of ? J cents on
dressed beef. * <
IKS *
RUIN IN ITS WAKE.
Mr. Dopow Makes Reply to Judge
Van Brunt's Criticisms.
THE DANGERS OF FREE TRADE
Chauncoy Prophesies the General
Prostration of Our Commerce
IF CLEVELAND HAS HIS WAY.
Why the Letter of Acceptance is So
Long Delayed.
HIS VIEWS WERE TOO RADICAL
And the Kxocutlve is Now Rucking
HIM Ilraln to Reconcile Them
With Those of Ills Pol
itical AdvincrH.
Dcpcw on the Tariff ,
[ C iiyrtoM 1SSS by Jit mat fJonlim llenn'tt. ] (2 (
P.MMH , August 25. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Br.i1 In an inter
view , which appeared in last Sunday's Her
ald , Van Brunt , of the supreme court , char-
ncterizea certain remarks on American poll-
Ics made by Depcw In a previous interview
as nonsense. Yesterday morning a Herald
representative called on Mr. Depew , who re
cently returned from Hamburg , with a view
o hearing the other sido. Ho had heard also
hat Van Brunt had been pitching into him.
Said Mr. Dcpow : "Oh , that's all right.
It wouldn't do to have all thinking the same
, vay , would it ! "
"But how about his argument , did you sny"
answered Mr. Depew with a mischievous
augh. "Why surely you don't expect Judge
Van Urunt to Indulge in arguments. At
.east I couldn't ' discover any and I read the
article carefully. "
'Now look here , " continued the speaker
smiling benignly , and running his lingers
down the column containing the Van Brunt
interview , "there is his first point where he
says that many republican leaders in 1884
wore in favor of reducing our protective
taxes 20 per cent. That is an
assertion for which I should like to have
proofs. Certainly we find no fault with the
democrats for wishing to reduce the surplus ,
but do object very decidedly to the means
they have selected for so doing. Wo con
sider their plan about as sensible as the in-
fiilllblo cure for corns , which consists in am
putating a person's feet. Wo are not anxious
to sco the country hobbling about on stumps.
If Mr. Cleveland „ ! * _ UJ4 v . , In03"
sago had proposed reducing duties
on certain carefully chosen articles for
the simple purpose of doing away with the
surplus , \\c republicans would have been
left without an issue , but Mr. Cleveland did
nothing of the kind. Ho declared himself
in favor of an indiscriminate reduction of
the tariff. , This.is cutting into the very body
of our industrial prosperity. Ho defined
protection as the robbery of the many for
the benefit oftho , few and in general showed
his sympathies to bo strongly in the direction
of free trade. "
"And that is precisely what the democrats
deny , is it not ! "
'Deny it ? Of course they do , but the fact
remains all the same. Cleveland's bold
stand cast dismay among his followers. By
this unexpected act they saw the cup of vic
tory dashed from their lips nnd the presi
dent was informed very plainly that if ho
persisted In his free trade tendencies ho
might as well throw up the sponge. The re
sult is that for two months past Mr. Cleveland -
land has been sitting up nights and tearing
his hairs out one by ono In a vain attempt to
concoct a letter of acceptance in which shall
be considered the things which ho really
believes und thinks and what his party says
ho behoves. All this would bo most amus
ing were it not so terribly serious. Think of
the incalculable importance of the interests
at stake. They calmly propose with a stroke
of the pen to reorganize , or rather disorga
nize , our great industries in iron , wool ajjd
other vital products. Take iron nlono and
think what it means. I know something
about steel rails. I know that even with our
present duty foreign steel companies can
afford to put their rails on our markets at the
rate charged by Mr. Carnegie. Why is this ?
Simply because iron workers in Ireland and
Germany cam CO and 50 cents a day in
stead of * 2 or more which Plttsburg men re
ceive. What , then , is the result of lowering
our tariff i Simply to lower our workmen's
wages or drive them into other fields of
labor , thus closing foundries nnd iron
mills all over the country. That
means hundreds of thousands of men
thrown out of employment and millions
of capital rendered unproductive. Is that a
slight matter ? And I have cited only a single
instance. "
" 'But,1 says Mr. Cleveland , 'let the few
suffer if the many are benefited.1 Who , I
nsk , would be benefited ! Certainly not the
farmers about Pittuburg , who , 110 longer
finding markets for their products In the
city , which is killed when ite iron
interests die , are forced to trans
port their produce _ to distant centers
at the most serious sacrifices , This is but a
concrete Illustration of a general truth. No ,
sir , free trade principles will never do in the
United States , Wo want to retain our com
mercial as well as political 'independence.
We do not want to bo loft at the mercy of for. '
t f * -i- - * *
i
elgn combinations and trustsLparilcularly < in
view of the prcsenUroubled state of Europa *
* '
Wo do uot want our 'laboring class to
sink to the level of their continental
brothers. Wo-dp not/want to abandon
the prestige , In manufactures which a wise
' protection policy Uas ( assured us and , In short ,
we do not want free trade either open or dis
guised. And four months from naw'when.
? |
Judge Van Brunt and hi * oyer-tangulno fel
lows are busily explaining why the Germka
and various other voters do not know Just
what they ought to have done and when Mr.
Cleveland , seated In some vast solitude , Is
beginning to question hit own omnipotence ,
then It will bo generally admitted that free
trade may bo well enough In school books ,
but that it Is not just the thing to win presi
dential elections , "
IUSMAHOIC AND ClUSl'I.
How the Friedrichsrnho Interview In
Regarded In Franco.
| Ct > ) i/rf | 'it ISSSbu Jama fJondm J'cmiffl.1
PAIUS , August 23. [ Now York Herald
Cable-Special to THE Br.i : . ] The table pol
iticians , who have stayed in Paris , have had
plenty to excite them in the latest Boulangcr
incident and the Friedrichsruho Interview.
The republicans are still disputing as to the
best means of defeating him. Those of the
Clemenccuu shade proclaim the necessity of
ste.ilmg the dictator's thunder by advocat
ing a revision of the constitution , with n few
other radical additions , like the separation
of church and state , while the moderates ,
who swear by Ferry , and the Temps , nro
preaching reconciliation with the Catholics
and making overtures to the non-monarchist
conservatives. On ono point the nnti-Bou-
langlsts are all agreed , however. All have lost
faith in the system of serutln do llsto or
voting by ticket nnd the departments are all
sighing for a return to the scrutiu do nrron-
dlscmcnt , which , though it sent many petty
local celebrities to parliament , checked die-
tatoral intrigues. With this may bo the
rule , borrowed from America , forbidding
candidates to stand in moro than ono dis
trict. It is thought the republic would again
be able to snap Us fingers at Boulangcr.
Of what was really said nnd done by Crisp !
and Bismarck at Frirdrichcruho rather less
is known hero than elsewhere , but Ignorance
of the wicked schemes of those two states
men are supposed to have been weaving has
deepened the general feeling of anxiety.
More than once the feeling was almost pain
ful , and the sensational rumors telegraphed
the Paris papers did uot lesson the
; llsquietude. The effect was not very
visible on the bourse. Quotations for a day
or two checked speculation , but political
circles wore long faces and the croakers were
about again muttering the stereotyped phrases
iboutthreatcning war-clouds and dancing on
volcanoes. The Rationale published a special
from Vienna , containing the report that Bis
marck had approved the idea of an eventual
Italian occupation of Tripoli , while dissuad-
ng Italy from making an Immediate move In
that direction , as King Humbert might soon
mve to put all the forces of his kingdom
in the field. The Koman correspondent of
Justice telegraphed that a prominent politi
cian had informed him that the Friedrich-
sruhe interview showed that French sensi
tiveness would be disregarded in future and
that the tlmo was near when peaoo would bo
forced on Europe. The Liberte , on the other
hand , expressed the conviction that the
chancellor had thrown cold water on Crlspo's
ardor at Friedrichsruho. "Italy , " added the
Liberte , "is predestined to bo the dupe
of her alliance with the empire. " In the
Figaro the present , state of things was com
pared to that which existed at the beginning
of 1837 when the Berlin Post published its
sensational "on-tho-edgc-of-tho-knifo" article.
"Tho situation is serious , " writes Jacques St.
Ccro in Figaro , "but not grave , and after
all , " ho adds , "if there is really dan ;
gor let us keep our muscles , nerves
and brains ready for the time when it bursts
onus. Wo shall need them. " It is difficult
to disconnect the Friedricksruho scare from
the sudden order issued the other day to arm
all French Ironclads of the reserve at Tou
Ion , and get them ready for a ton day's
cruise in the Mediterranean. With these
recruits France now has fifteen Ironclads
within a few hours of Marseilles moro than
enough , it is supposed , to chock any possible
aggression of the Italians.
AN INDIAN 80AUE.
Mysterious Movements of Redskins in
Wyoming.
BUFFALO , Wyo. , August 25. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BKK. ] Intelligence was re
ceived from Fort McKinney on Tuesday that
a band of Sioux Indians was en route to the
Crow agency. Trooos ready to start for the
summer camp nt old Fort Casper were do- ,
laycd for developments , A detachment of
cavalry , with Frank Groard , a government
scout , started to rcconoltcr. Information
was received that on the Oth a party of fifty
Indians , on Little Wild Cat creek , a tributary
of the Powder river , were seen with extra
horses. They had no squaws nnd were ap
parently moving cautiously. Several bands
ot Choyunues having been reported as hunt
ing out of season , ruthlessly killing game and
stampeding stock on the various tributaries
of the Powder river , troop A , Ninth cavalry ,
started on the 22d to scout the country with a
view of pursuudlng any Indians found to
return homo. Nothing has been neard from
them yot. A band of Chcycunolndiansunder
Chief "Lost Bull" were in the neighborhood
during the past fuw tlaya.nnd on tho22d
camped five miles from Buffalo. Some shots
fire at game striking near a house alarmed
the inmates , who came to the city und re
ported. The Indians moved on to Crazy
Woman creek and continued hunting. The
military authorities ' rounded them up and
camped thom near Fort McKlnncy's , The
Indians , were very reluctant to return , but
wcro persuaded to dp so. They will be fed
and well cared for and escorted homo to the
agency on the Tohmc ! river. The presence
or different band's Wlndiaiis throughout the
country made the cattlemen and settlers very
anxious , nnd considering the prospect of
troops leavlng-tke 'eondjiipn of affairs was
telegraphed Ap tljJfiurUn&it headquarters nt
Omaha by the .president 'of the Citizens'
Business club , of Buffalo , requesting that
the troops bo not'rc'moyod. He received n
favorable reply. ThV military authorities
are moving intelligently and wisely , and the
probabilities are now that all the Indians
will bo raken to their reservations without
violence , .
.MA n ft
PjTTbuuito , 'P ffi 25.-A Corry special
ays ; A thr < JQ g machine boiler exploded
this Bftprnoo VJn the farm of Frank Strana-
ban , bylwhjcinvilliam Clbugat and Arthur
McCray Verixiustan'tly'VUlod nn'd" two others
Bdriamls Injured . . . gJhp .bpJicir.was blown
t nrougj ; JL ) Ml v , .nUty .fccA away.
. .1 ' . "iJircQ irViiiuivi XU Je < t.
.JJeiwHtv.Ctfr , . August 25.An incoming ex.
press train ran down four. tramps on the
Hackunsa0k .nieaQow thl } morning , Ono
VISA kUicd and'twQ.otherv will dlo , Tie ) men
'were bunding bn'tha track waiting for an
opportunity to- board a freight train , .
AFFAIRS IN GERMANY
Effect of the Mooting Between Count
1B
Kalnoky and Slgnor Orlspl.
THE ALLIANCE TO BE MAINTAINED
Slgnor OrlBpl'a Oplnlona Regarding
the Seizure of MdBsownh.
FRANCE MUST NOT GO TOO FAR
Aggressions Beyond Tunis Would ;
Proclpltato a War.
WILLIAM'S VISIT TO THE POPE *
Press Conuncntfl on the Situation at
the Vutlcnn Llchknccht StumpIng -
Ing the Rhino Provinces
Other German News.
The German Budget.
\CopiirtohtIKfSbu \ Ifcw Yoilt Ansoctate
lir.ui.i.v , August 23. The meeting between
Count Kulnoky , the Austrian foreign min
ister , and Slgnor Crispi , the Italian prlmo
minister , nt Egcr , does away with the
necessity of a conference between the thrco
statesmen at Friedrichsruho. Count
Itutiioky and Signor Crispi dined
together , nud after dinner both
granted interviews to representatives
of the press. They stated that there would
bo no change In the positions of the govern-
munis , nnd that the alliance would bo main- ,
talned. Signor Crispi says , regarding the
seizure of Massowau by Italy , that ho does
not believe that Franco will eventually deny
the right of Italy to occupy that pluco. Con
cerning Tripoli , ho says that the Italian
government relics upon the belief
that the common sense of the French pcoplo
will prevent their attempting any aggression
beyond Tunis. A single rood of ground taken
from Tripoli would bo a declaration of war
against Italy , wherein Germany and Austria
would join according to the present contract.
Emperor William will not visit the vnticaa
unless the Vatican authorities arrange that
hero shall bo no semblance In the ceremony
of superiority. The Vatican in the meantime
declines to make exception of the new Ger
man emperor.
The Cologne Gazette says that the attl *
.udo of the pope represents absolute uban-
lonmcnt of the papacy. No European
lower now cares to support its pretensions to
bo a spiritual guide of the people. Despite )
; ho attitude of the Vatican , Emperor William )
personally desires to sco the pope. An ar *
rangcmcnt has been rondo at the Vatican ft )
receive the emperor with the usual cere
monies. Tha pope refused any back stairs
conference.
j
The attention of Berlin centers upon the ?
electoral contest In the Fifth district. Tfio
national libcralsprogresslonists and socialists
art ) watching the struggle as an indication o |
the tendency of national opinion. Her *
Herrfurth , minister of the interior , has re
ceived circulars from the authorities on the $
Swiss frontier , reporting the proceedings ot
Liobknocht , a leading socialist , who'is -
stumping the populous centers of the Rhino ,
making speeches which ho would not bo al
lowed to make in Berlin. The election 'j.3
fixed for Thursday next. Despite the re
pressive measures of the pollco , in
cluding the suppression of public
meetings and the wholesale arrest
of socialistic canvassers , Liebkncchb
will get In. I
A communication to the National Zcltung
purports to bo semi-official nnd has a serious
import us stating that the time has como
when Italy must mark out precisely tha
limits of her foreign policy. If tbo Itallatt
government finds it necessary to attack !
Franco , Germany must support her ally.
This concurrent and seml-ofticial languageo
the press is giving rise to fears that Bis *
marck Is using Italy to drive Franco into
war. The elections are proceeding to-day ,1
for the Bohemian diet. The Germans' , 89 "
far as is at present calculable , nro defeated *
An eccentric will is to bo tested in tu < J
courts at Pcsth In December. A physician *
Dr. Goldcnbergcr do Buda , left $350,000 , t < 3
accumulate for the benefit of posterity until
the interest would sufllue to relieve destitu
tion everywhere. The trustees calculated
that they could effect n distribution whonthO
capital reached $1,000,000,000. But they do *
clincd'to act. The will will now bo contested
by the claimants in America , London
Madrid.
A. New Mexican Vendetta.
LAS CHUCKS , N. M. , August 23. A ven
dotU has been declared between the Loa and
John Good factions in the eastern portion ol
Dona Ana county. A short time slnco u man
named McDonald was assassinated , and in
retaliation Walter Good , a son of Joun.Good ,
was waylaid on August 23. This section pf
the country Is eighty milts to the nearest
railroad station , and a reign ofterror exists
thero. Sheriff Ascarato anda
- a posse left hera -a
to-day with warrants for tha arrest of a largo *
number of these men. It Is unlikely that au *
appeal will bo made to Governor Ross to call
out the militia. _
They Run Great. Rifclcp.
R.\i'iD CITT , D.ik.August 13. [ Special
Telegram to THE' Bfcu. ] Thhf-so'cUon up *
pears to be the theater of operations old
well organized gang of horse thieves. . Last
week several valuable horses ; among them
ono racer , were stolen between hero and Hot
Springs. Last night another homo was
taken from the stable of Prank Mouiton.who
livoa near town , nnd also one from the etabla
of J. W. Fowler , who lires near the centeo
of the "city. Ofllcers are--keeping a sharp
lookoup , and the thievesKcuuRhiviU'fe6 (
into trouble. Some parties'-worc-onee bune
hero for horse stehltng ; „ .
* - *
"
Tributes to HUcrlUaii. "
Loxutfx , AugustiJ.- a-meetjng held to *
day ut the residence of Colonel Gowland , re
solutions of sympathy were passed In honDB
of General Sheridan. Colonel Gowland pre
sided , and In opening the meeting paid j a
touching tribute to the dead soldier , and
finished by reading telegram of condolence
ent to Mrs. SherfaaiT- Among thoseprcsont
were General McCWre ; Colonel H , Vellum ,
Graham , GotidardReynolds and Mc-KaryJ
Major Hawkins and CapUln MOntfoot , *