'Tmwwmrmmmr &&&'' r -9 i t 11 MAILS UPONTHE SEA How Missives of Love and Messages. of Trade Find Their TVay to the Far-Away Cbnntries. 42 DAYS IS THE LOXGEST-'TEIP, While tlie Shortest in Point of Time Is That to Liverpool, Which Is Made in Less Than Seven. ROUTES OP THE SEALED PACKAGES. new the Letters Ire Handled at the Xew Tori rest office and En Eente. KetvYokk, July 3. Go into Postmaster General Wanauiaker's office in Washington and jouwill be told that the XewYoric Postoffice is a model for the whole country; that no corporation can excel its economy and efficiency; that no mail distributing center on the face of the earth does so com plicated a business with so little iriction; that its system is very nearly perfect. It is this agency through which some !0 per cent of our foreign mail matter passes. In the nature of things, the handling of these letters addressed to and received from foreign ports has many features of interest with which the general public is unfamiliar. The cosmopolitan character of the population of all great American cities is brought out in strong relief. The insignificance of the National Merchant Marine forces itself on the observer. Bat, if he is a thoughtful man, perhaps the most pregnant suggestion of all is the real propinquity into which modern commerce, assisted by the steam giant, has brought the nfore diverse races and the seaports most distant from one another. JIalls Do TVhat Cables Don't. It is curious to note the work of the electric cable, and to speculate on what the long distant telephone can do. But up to the present time experiment holds this field, and economic considerations make the use of cable and long distance telephone a ostly diversion for the rich and an impossi bility to those who are in moderate circum Ftances. Therefore it cannot be assumed that either of these agencies unites regions geographically far apart, or brings unlike people together. The mail does. Homely, badly-written letters, foil of affection and devoid of art, fly by ocean racers from the son who is seeking his fortune here to the old farm in Germany, or Scotland, or Eng land. Prom Prance and Ireland and Italy come questioning missives or appeals for aid to the relath c ho has found a footing on the shores of the Nw World. Above all things the mail service is popular in its character. In he Kw York Postoffice is a depart ment given up entirely to the sending out of foreign mails. The heaviest go to England and Germany. Hut there are few centers of tavage or civilized population that are not communicated with at one time or another in the course of a year. Let the observer trace the journeys upon which some of these mail bags destined for out-of-the-way places are to start. Southern Point of the Hemisphere. "Sandy Point, Patagonia." This bag will be carefully stowed awav ona United btates and Brazil steamship, it will be taken first to Bio Janeiro and thence to Buenos Ayres, the metropolis of the Argentine Republic. So far its trip will be commonplace enough. At Buenos Ayres it will wait for some British coasting vessel all the South Amer ican coasting vessels are British and will be slowly forwarded to its destination. If the "tramp" steamer has occasion to land anything at Sandy Point this Yankee mail bag will go too. If not, it may lie about the coaster till the next trip. Our Govern ment is so occupied with more important things that it cannot afford time to look alter these stray mails. Itio and Beunos Ayrca mails will be shipped on the same lines to those ports. In the one case representatives of the new Brazilian Bcpublic will take out the letters and hold them for individual owners to make their claim. In the other a carrier s.ystem is in operation and the letters will go off more rapidly, though not so quickly as in a United States city of the same size. There are more letters from this country for Beunos Aj res than for any other city in South America, and of course most of them ure of a commercial nature. "We send a large amount of agricultural machinery to the thriving Argentine Republic and a con siderable quantity of plain cotton goods and calicoes and boots ana shoes. It is the opin ion of the postoffice authorities that Buenos Ayres has Dctter postal facilities than any town on this hemisphere outside of the United States and Canada. Its American colony is strictly mercantile in character, and so far as can be judged by letters sent and received is growing larger every year. To the Land of the Freedraen. "Monroe, Liberia." Here is a bag for the little African colony, established long before the war by people who held slaves in this country and regarded the exportation rjid colonization of the Ethiopians then in ihe United States as the only way of getting rid of the blot on the .National escutcheon. There aren't many letters for that country row, but a few come and go. How will this lag reach the west coast of Africa? Via London, of course. It will go by a British Packet line "taking in" Lisbon "on the way. The packet will be loaded with beads and trinkets, and gunpowder and cotton cloth, and on its return will carry some gold and much Ivor-. Perhaps there are letters in this bag that i ill go far up into the interior to sorr.c little settlement where colored teo- pie, thriving under their native palm trees, are still deeply interested in the land they left many vtars ago. It will be a month be fore these letters will get there. The time irom Xew York to Monroe is 28 days, and the voyage down the African coast often takes longer than has been figured on. Here lo a packet lor St. Petersburg. It will be 12 dayb before it reaches the ltussian Capital. Its route will be via London, the Hague, across Holland through a corner of Prance, over the broad territory of the German Fatherland and so to Russia. "When it comes into the hands of the Imperial of ficials this bag will be subjected to the closest scrutiny. The Czar's postoffice dis trusts the American mails and applies to tlicni a censorship fully as severe as those which come from England have to undergo. Woe to the unlucky subject to whom has been directed some letter with invidious political significance. The executive process is ready to railroad him to Siberia. But the surveillance under which the mails are handled is so well known to intelligent Nihilists that there are few slips of this description. Another Trip to Africa. "Cape Town,'' How would voureach the southernmost point of the Dark Continent? Uncle Sam'smails take a roundabout course s.nd occupy about 30 days in making the i rip. The "bag w ill go first to London, then to Lisbon, through the Straits ot Gibraltar and along the storied Mediterranean, througti the Suez Canal, and then down the cast coast of Africa. The Yankee Republic does some business in agricultural machinery even with the remote Cape Colony, and sometimes the mail bag is well filled. Kaffir and Hottentot will watch the white man of the interior as he opens the mystical parcel nerem contained, and reads the thought of a friend recorded under the chilly sunlight ot a spring day in How York". The packet which has brought this bag dCwn the coast will have left one also for Madagascar. This letter, however, will have been light and without commercial significance. Mails which are to be opened under the. eliado RfcMountiHecla-go by jrayjofLonv don, too. They are sent to Denmark.first, and then by sailing vessel to Iceland. The trip is not so long as it seems, and the num ber of letters is far larger than anyone who has not attempted to reckon up the Norse element in the population "of the United States would imagine. A letter from Hew York to Greenland would take 'the same course, only it would have another trip by sailing vessel, and a longer one against obstacles which only the sea of the Arctic region affords. Surrounded bv Esquimaux, with an iceberg for a background, the Greenlander would read his communication from his fellow Scandinavian in Wisconsin, U. S. A He wouldn't take his gloves off, and those who are only tolerably familiar with the curious tongue of these people may be inclined to think him wise in handling it with anything but bare hands. The Moravian missionary, however, finds his en couragement from a co-religionist in this country just as edifying in these outlandish, syllables as in any possible translation. IVest Coast of South America. Mail matter for Valparaiso takes, of course, a different route from that pursued by mails for the east coast of South America. It is sent by Pacific mail steam ships to the Isthmus of Panama, and goes from Colon down the west coast by another of those British tramp steamships which so monopolize the carrying trade of South American nations. This packet will stop at various ports on her way, and before the letters of the Kew York merchant have reached the Chilean metropolis some 37 days will have elapsed. Chile is largely un'der British influence, and the Americans have little trade there As a consequence not many letters are sent. The representa tives ol this country down there are chieny men who merit the title of adventure either in its best or in its worst sense, gen erally the latter. How about the great cities of Asia? Well, they are generally reached on the old plan, "via Liverpool." Here's a packge for Bombay. There is another for Calcutta. Both w'ill go from the English seaport to Brundisi by rail after crossing the channel. At Brundisi under the Union Jack they will set sail for the Suez CanaL Stopping at Aiden, the ship will arrive at Bombay in 7 days, and it will take 30 to get to Cal cutta. There is a trifle more originality about our way of getting to Pekin and Yokohama. Mails are sent across the con tinent to San Prancisco, and thence go by the Oriental and Occidental Steamship line to the ports of far Cathay, of Japan, and of the Islands of the Pacific It is this line that would take letters from New York to Honolulu, whre the Sandwich Island sugar business is ruled.by Claus Spreckles, and to Apia, which within a few years has been brought to the notice of the civilized world, first as an objective point in . the cross-cutting politics of Germany and Eng land in tho Pacific, and second as the scene of one of The Most Frightful Disasters. that vessels of the United States Navy have ever experienced. There are some Americana on the Samoan Islands, and a regular de livery of letters takes place, although the volume of mail matter handled does not compare with that of Honolulu or Pekin. Melbourne, the great and growing city of me .Australian comment, receives ner American letters by the Occidental and Oriental line, too. Postoffice officials say that there has been a marked increase in the number of letters sent to and received from Australia since the British colonies began the work of framing a "Constitu tion," which they have ended by accepting many of the Governmental ideas ot the United States, notably State autonomy. Australian trade with America is still small. The chief bar to an increase is said to be the lack of carrying lines. One of the longest trins made hv letteni mailed lrom the United Urates is that to the Falkland Islands, which takes 42 days by way of Liverpool and Lisbon the shortest across either ocean is that from New York to Liverpool, which is often made in less than seven days. We send specially ad dressed letters to Havana by the Ward line from New York, but the regular Havana mail goes by way of the Plant line from Tampa, Pla. The "Bed D" line takes tho mails to "Venezuelan ports. With the ever disturbed Central American Republics both the Ward line and the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company furnish regular, but not too lrequent communication. Mexico is reached eittier by rail or steamship. The City of Mexico is not such a terrible distance from New York, but th) far-away ports' on the shore of Yucatan can be got at much better by steamship than by mule, and it doesn't begin to take so long to strike them by water from New York as it would to send a mail bag from the City of Mexico. With the most remote of these places the United States has some trade and from the observa tion of those who watch the volume of the mails it appears that this trade is steadily increasing. Assorted While En Bonte. On the French and German and English ocean liners the postal authorities have placed clerks who attend to the assorting of the mail each way, in transit, so that when it reaches port there is no delay at all. During the past few years an entirely new system has thus grown up, and Postmaster Van Cott is inclined to think that it would be hard to improve on the plan now in vogue. In the city department of this postoffice men are employed to see that all addresses on letters going to foreign coun tries are clearly written, and to put such addresses in the language of the country to which they are going. That there will be further convenient de velopment in the way of international postal unions, within the next few years, is certain. It is claimed that the postal au .. . . .. i. .. .:. . . .. . . . - thorities ot this country have done more during the past decade to push such co-op eration than those ot any other single power on the face of the earth. The in fluence of such steps forward isj regarded as altogether good; as tending to bring all races closer together and to hasten the millennium of the port. When the war drum throbs no longer, and the battle flags are furled In the Parliament of man, tho federation of tho world. That isn't the conscious or expressed aim of the uniformed officials in any postal department, but none the less it is the goat ot postal as well as commercial v elopment. de- Have Ton Heard Of the great bargains in groceries oflered all this week at Thompson's New York Gro cery? Here are some of them: 4 lbs broken Java coffee.... $1 00 25 lbswhite sugar 1 00 22 lbs large lump starch............... 1 00 12 boxes bag blue. 25 1 barrel choice Amber flour. C 00 2 cans pie peaches J.... 25 24 lbs Carolina rice (broken) 1 00 5 dozen parlor matches 25 10 lbs dried lima beans 1 00 Sugar-cured shoulders per lb 7 12 tbs large prunes ... 1 00 J.0 lbs California silver prunes........ 1 00 7 lbs evaporated apples 1 00 8 lbs evaporated apricots (choice).... 1 00 7 lbs evaporated apricots (finest) 1 00 6 bottles of English pickles. .. 1 00 50 bars good scrubbing soap 1 00 30 bars white floating soap....... 1 00 30 bars 5-cent wax soap 1 00 28 lb bars German mottled soap 1 00 8 lbs prenared eocoanut 1 nn Thompson's root beer. 2 for 25 Large oval cans mackerel in tomato sauce 25 5 cans California peaches 1 00 61bs20-cent E. B. tea 1 00 51bs25-cent tea 1 00 41beS0-cent tea 1 00 3 tbs40-cent tea 1 00 2 lbs English breakfast tea in fancy basket 50 Goods delivered free to -all parts of both cities. To those living out of the city we will prepay freight on all orders of $10 and upward to any station or landing within 100 miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list.- -VI. -K. xhompson, , 301 Market street, and 69 Third avenue, op posite Gusky's. As a summer drink Iron City Beer stands first Telephone, 1186. Abune. THE GERMANS BIGCAML A Mighty Water-Way That Will Be Completed in Fonr Years. WILL MAZE WILHELM A MASTER. Although a 'War Measure It Is of Great. Benefit to Commerce. , A WORK OP ESORMOUS MAGNITUDE WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. Much has been said and written about the Panama Canal which, they say, is to be re suscitated some time or other, and about the Niagara Canal, which is progressing fairly. Like the Suez Canal, which, so to speak, shoved a whole continent aside and short ened the waterway to East Africa and Asia by thousands of miles, these gigantie'enter prises, when completed will be o"f incalcu lable commercial value to the world. Their importance is even greater than that of the Suez Canal. While the latter is used almost exclusively by Europeans, the former will serve America and Europe alike. The South American continent will be shoved aside and the ships of all nations, doing business with Australia, Japan, China and India, will avail themselves of this short ened route. A new condition gf the carry- ing trade of the world will take place and the consequences commercial, political and social, can hardly be anticipated. But the digging of canals is not confined to the isthmus of Central America. Leav ing out the Manchester Canal, which enter prise, great as it is, serves only a local in terest, and various smaller ditches in the course of construction in different countries, there still remain to be mentioned two ship canals of international importance. They are the canal through the isthmus of Corinth and the great ship canal across tho "Cim brian peninsula." In the Ijuid of the Classics. The Canal of Corinth, to connect the Aegean Sea with the Gulf of Corinth, ob viating the rounding of Morea and thereby shortening the sea route from the Mediter ranean and Adriatic Seas to the Levante and return by several hundred miles, has not long ago been fully described in The Dispatch. The other ditch is to connect the Baltic Sea with the German Ocean. The construction of such a canal (the existing Eider Canal being inadequate) was contem plated time and again. But the project could never gain shape as long as Germany was merely a '"geographical conception'' and the German Dutohies of Schloswig and Holstein were ruled by the King of Den mark (as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and as such a member of the German Diet.) After the Franco-German war of 1870-71 the project was taken into serious consider ation, but failed through the "verdict" of Count Ton Moltke, who recommended the creation, first of a German navy (for which the Prussian fleet formed the nucleus) in preference to the canal, both enterprises at one and the same time being considered as too bic a task for the netrlv-created Emnira. But the more the plan for the construction of a navy matured, the more the absolute necessity for a large ship canal manifested itself, and in 1887 the old Emperor William L laid th? corner stone of the great Casin at Holtenau, near Kiel, with imposing ceremonies, inst 100 vears nfter the estah- -lishment of the Eider Canal. Dimensions of the Canal. The canal, following in the main the old f-one just mentioned,willbe61miles long, and -deep and wide enough lor the passage ol the largest ironclads. Its termini are the har bor of Kiel and lower Elbe. As has been hinted this ship canal is being built by the German Government out of strategical con siderations, its commercial importance be ing incidental. But it will nevertheless serve the ocean commerce of the world as well as if it was carried out for this sole purpose. The water route between the Bal tic and the North seas will be shortened by several hundred miles, and the dangerous and circuitous Danish waters eliminated. The work on the canal is being pushed in a most energetic manner, and the canal will be finished Before the time set for its com pletion, if not delayed by unforeseen cir cumstances, such as war and the interfer ence of the elements. Ten years had been allotted to this great enterprise, but there is every reason to sup pose that the year 1805 will see the opening of two more great highways of commerce the Corinthian and the North-Baltic Sea ship canals. The mouths of the North-Baltic canal will be protected by immense locks or gates against the storm waves and high tides. Behind these gates basins of large dimen sions (240 by 164 yards each) are in the course of construction, capable of holding several ironclads or a small fleet of merchant vessels. The basin of the eastern terminus at Holtenau, on the bay of Kiel, is in the most advanced stage of construction. In its neighborhood the erection of a "torpedo harbor is also progressing rapidly. Details of the Great Work. Between 30 and 40 floating and "dry" intervening small lakes (expanses of the Biver Eider), and to widen and deepen the old bed where it coincides with the new ship canal. Long construction trains move in different directions to carry away the earth and stones, or to haul building ma terial Large pumping engines are sta tioned at diflerent points to do away with the accumulating rain and ground water. Oil and tar evaporating machines furnish the gas for lighting. A night scene in the great Holtenau basin where hundreds of laborers are at work by the torch-like, smoking: flames of these large gas jets is a sight indeed, and were it not for the realistic dredges, locomobiles, trains and pumping engines and their noise, these men, hovering about like shadows in this extensive pit, might, with a little im agination, be taken for gnomes just emerged from their subterranean habitation. Prom the crest of this basin the view over the Harbor of Kiel, with its many war and merchant vessels, the extensive fortifica cations of Friedrichsort and the densely wooded shores of the bay is as interesting as it is magnificent. Employs Fonr Thousand Men. There are about 4,000 men employed at present. This number will be increased as the work is extended. These men are housed in barracks especially built for the purpose at intervals along the line. They are subjected to discipline, half military in its character, but they are well provided for and comparatively well paid. The canal will be on a level with the two oceans, which is practically the same Navigation on the old Eider canal which, ounng a whole century, has done such valuable service as a commercial water way of smaller size, is not interrupted. Great difficulty in excavating has been experienced at the Holtenau basin and some distance "further west on account of marshy soil, which for some time baffled the workmen and defied the skill of tho Government engineers. Large oak trees were buried, perhaps certurics ago, in the mire, the removal of which was a difficult and time absorbing task. In some other localities layers of granite are impeding the work. Blasting with dynamite is re sorted to, and the material thus gained will be utilized for canal facings and founda tions. The Heaviest Excavation!. The greatest quantity ot earth to be re moved is at the "divide" between the rivers Eider and the lower Elbe. A ridge, 90 feet high in the average, must be cut.throughr" and here the greatest number of labor-saving machines are at work. Without such the construction of canals of so large dimen sions would never have been undertaken. In view of the fact that 100,000,000 cubic yards of earth must be removed lor this carjai,.aimost-as tug-.a mass as tneJranama. J PITTSBURG DISPATCH, canal-will require, the reader can form an idea of the extension of this great work. Mechanical science will solve the problem, as it has solved many others for the benefit of mankind. This ship canal will add immensely to the defensive and offensive power of Germany. The concentration of the divisions of the fleet in the North or in the Baltic sea, as the occasion demands, will be readily ac complished henceforth in a safe and easy manner. The Elbe mouth of the canal and Heligoland being "duly" fortified, in con junction with the naval fortress of Wil helmshaven and the 'fortifications at Cux haven will give Germany an impregnable position in the North sea. In the Baltic a similar condition prevails. Makes Germany Impregnable. There the longer coast is defended by the fortresses of Kiel (at the same time a great naval station like Wilhelmshaven), Dantzig and Koenigsberg; by the fortifications on the island of Buegen and others,at Wismar, Colberg, Stettin, Pillau and Memel, and by numerous shore batteries of the heaviest ordnance, between these points. "Add to these extensive defensive works a powerful fleet, and it will be readily understood that Germany will not only be able to hold her own, but also to take the offensive in those waters against the most powerful enemy. The commercial value of this ship canal is evident. The distance hv water between he West and Northeastern .Europe being shortened several hundred' miles, ocean freight to points along this route will be proportionately cheapened, adding impetus thereby to the -world's commerce, which is altogether beyond the calculation of the present day. "When this great waterway is finished there will be two canals, as the old and smaller one which has its western outlet further north, at Toennlng on tho German Ocean, will be preserved. This is the age of iron and of electricity, but it is also the age of great tunnels and canals which, in a less assuming way, bring the nations of the earth nearer to each other and promote their material welfare. ' A. FEMALE M18EE. Though Paralyzed and Starving She Still Clings to Her Money. Kansas City, Mo., July 4. Mrs. M. Davis, aged 73 years, lives in a little cot tage, corner Of Church and Summit streets, Westport. She lies there in bed paralyzed, almost speechless, half starved and without care, yet she has $1,700 to her credit in the Union National Bank in this city. 8hd positively refuses to allow any of this money to be drawn for the purchase of food or med icines. The woman has been living a her mit's life in the rear half of the little cot tage a long time. Two weeks ago a poor woman who shares the house with her found Mrs, Davis' door locked, but it was, two or three days before she became suf ficiently alarmed to notify anyone. When the door was nnaiiy Durst in, tne wretched woman was found lying across the bed completely paralyzed down one side, and scarcely able to talk. She now re ceives occasional irregular care from the neighbors, but frequently lies a whole day without any attention whatever. Marshal Bearden sent a telegram to her son in Omaha, telling him to come at once. The son answered: "I have no money; send me 100." When they tried to persuade tho woman to have a check written for that amount she only muttered feebly, "No money; no money." Mayor Beiger and Father Kyan tried to persuade Mrs. Davis, several days ago, to draw on her account that she might be provided with decent care or be taken to the hospital. At one time she almost consented, but the love of her wealth was too great, and she now refuses to listen to such talk. It is proposed to have the Probate Court appoint a guardian lor the woman, so that some of her money may be applied to sending her to a hos pital. COMPENSATION FOB ELKINS. - The President to Recommend ant. Appro BfUJ3 priation of 8250,000. Washington, July 4. Stephen, B. Eli kins does not allow his disappointment and resentment at President Harrison's inter ference with his taking 60,000 sealskins this year to affect his relations with mem bers of the Cabinet. Indeed, he is more of a Blaine man than ever. Secretary Poster and Secretary Busk are to speak to-day with Elkins at his country place in West Virginia. Foster and Busk are good Harrison men and will try to win Elkins back to Harrison. It is said that Harrison has offered, or will offer, by way of conciliating Elkins, to recommend very strongly in his next mes sage to Congress that the Elkins Company be compensated by Congress for the damages it claims to have incurred. He will not it is said, recommend the appropriation of the $600,000 demanded by the Elkins Company, but will suggest the appropriation of $250, 000 by way of compromise. BULKELEY'S BHBEWD MOVE. A Test of Authority That Places the Con- nectlcut Senate in a Hole. Haetfobd, Conn., July 4. Military circles had a sensation to-day in an order from Governor Bulkeley, issued through the Adjutant General's office. Nearly six weeks ago the Senate refused to confirm the nomination of Colonel Thomas L. Watson, of Bridgeport, who is a New; York banker, as Brigadier General, and voted that ex Brigadier General Graham, of Middletown, be reinstated. rf-Mtr Nothing was heartr of the matter until to-day, when an order was issued, in which the Governor discharged Graham from the military service of the State for the benefit of tho service. Governor Bulkeley 's order puts the Connecticut Senate in a hole. The Senate cannot move in the matter in any way whatever without placing itself ia the Iiosition of recognizing Bulkeley as the egal Governor ot Connecticut. AnEpworth League Reunion, a Next Tuesday evening will be spent in a very pleasant manner by the Epworth League, of Wilkinsburg. A general re union is to take place at Bolston's Hall on Wood steeet. An interesting programme of musical and elocutionary selections will be rendered Tiy the members, and an ap propriate address delivered byEev. John A. Burnett. A Pretty Lawn Fete in Prospect. One of the prettiest lawn fetes held in Wilkinsburg this summer promises to be that next Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the members of the Y. P. S. C. E., of the Presbyterian Church.' It is to take place on the beautiful grounds of Bobert Ferguson, Hampton place. The proceeds will be devoted to church pur poses. SECOND EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITY Yla the Picturesque B. A 0. 15. R. On Thursday,' July 16. 1891, via Washing, ton, D. C, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Excursion tickets for the round trip ten dollars (510), tickets good for ten days," and good to stop at Washington City returning. Special trains, with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars and day coaches, will leave B. Ac O. depot, Pittsburg, at 8:15 a. m. and 9:20 P. li. For detailed information ad dress or apply to E. D. Smith, Division Passenger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. Those Leaving; the City Can obtain information as to rates and ac commodations of many resort hotels, inns and cottages by applying at The Dispatch business office. Iron City Beeb builds up trade. Wher ever placed sold. Telephone, 1180. Blaine, ' 'SUNDAY. ' ' JULY 5, WELSH m MAKERS hwai Never be Able to Destroy the New American Industry. ROOM rOR WALES' WORKMEN HERE. A Talk With the Ever Hopeful F. G. Nied ringhaus, of St. Louis. THE CAPACITY FOR MANUFACTURING. St. Louis, July 4. The startling reports from the tin plate manufactories of Wales led a reporter to interview ex-Congressman F. G. Niedringhaus to-day. He was found in the midst of his tin plate samples and talked willingly. "The McKinley tariff bill," said he, "which made the production of tinned iron plate a possibility in the United States, went Into effect recently, but the English operators would be astounded to know what preparations have been made in this country to reap the harvest that is ours by right. There are to my knowledge 22 firms now getting ready in the United States to make tin and terne, or roofing plates. The St. Louis Stamping Company was perhaps bet ter prepared to enter into the business than any other company in the country, from the fact that they already have complete roll ing mills where they produce the iron from the pig up to the finished sheet. These mills being arranged for fine sheet the com pany began to turn out tin plates as early as November, 1890, sufficient to keep one set of tinning pots running. "What docs 'a set ot tinning pots' do?" Tho Capaclryjfor "Work. 'It will turn out 40 boxes of 111! sheets each, each sheet 14x20 inches in diameter, and the weight of each box is 180 pounds. The new works now nearing completion in North St. Louis will be the first of the kind ever built and the first in operation on a large scale in the United States. We ex pect to start up by August 1, and our out put from the opening day wity not be less than 600 boxes daily, tin plate and lead plate, known as roofing tin." Mr. .Niedringhaus here got up and gave the Teporter one of his object lessons by contrasting the English roofing plate with that of the St. Louis make. To the most casual and non-technical eye the latter was as superior to its English cousin as a banana is to a paw-paw. Mr. Niedringhaus rattled a sheet of his own tin plate as if in defiance of the British tin plate lion, and, resuming his seat, toyed with an American block tin paper-weight and spat into an American tin plated cuspidor and said: "That English dispatch, I notice, says that the Welsh manufacturers have an im mense capital invested, and that thev in tend to make every effort in their power to command the trade, and that they will do this by reducing the wages of the men, cheapening the cost of the raw material, lowering the payments for freightage and curtailing their profits in order to be able to pay the extra duty demanded by the new American tariff, which went into effect on Wednesday. Bound to Bo a Struggle. "Now, I do not doubt this at all. There will be quite a struggle for the trade be tween the English and American manufac turers. This would, perhaps, not have oc curred but for the apparent free trade vic tory in last fall's elections, as a number of English makers were over here at that time with a view of locating. After the Con gressional elections of 1890 they took heart. In fact, one of them expressed himself to tho effect that lie hoped there were enough j LAST AND BEST WEEK OF OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE. We will continue to give you all this week the same bargains in Clothing and Furnishings which we have been offering for the past few days, and numberless o'thers. O'ur space being limited, . we. can name but a few out of hundreds: JULY PRICES REIGN In Hats. Men's Straw Hats in Mackinaw and Shansi Braids, black, white or mixed, worth $1.25, now selling for 74c JULY PRICES REIGN In Children's Straws. These are half and less than half price. Our 49c lines now go for 24c JULY PRICES REIGN In Thin Clothing. Black Alpaca Coats, worth' at least $1 50, go during this sale for 98a JULY PRICES REIGN In Pants. A good quality of Blue Cheviot Pants, worth at least $1 25, will be sold during this sale for 98c JULY PRICES REIGN In Underwear. Silk-finished Ribbed Underwear, regular price of which has been 50c, now only 24c. JULY PRICES REIGN In Shirt Waists. Boys' Flannelette or Percale Waists, regular 35c goods, go for 19a JULY PRICES REIGN In Men's Shoes. A fine B Calf Dress Shoe, Lace and Congress,. French toe, worth $2 50, now $1 45. flWe still continue to give with each sale of $10 and over in Men's Clothing one of those, handsome Wall Pockets. Can't promise to give them out much longer. Better get one this week. G- IT S K Y ' S MARKET STREET. OUR ILLUStRATED PAPER FORnJULY NOW READY. SEND FOR A COPY. I 1891 free trade people left in this cmmry to sup port them on the other side." "Does not this shut-down of the Welsh millssurpriseyeu?" "Oh, no: their action has been long since discounted. We were apprised of the fact two months ago that the English manufact urers intended to shut down soon after July 1 for the purpose of largely reducing wages and salaries. As they expressed themselves, in letters and otherwise, they intended doing this to economize in such a manner as to successfully compete with the American manufacturer, and, if possible, prevent the American people from manu facturing their own supply." T" "The cablegram you have just read says that American agents, professing to act by authority, are in the tin plate region of South Wales, claiming that they are author ized to employ 30,000 men for work in America at an advance of CO per cent over the wages they are now receiving." Boom for Welsh Workmen Here. Mr. Niedringhaus toyed with a handsome American block tin watch charm for several minutes and then said, slowly and deliber ately: "There is a great deal of room, of course, for English tin plate operatives in this country, and there is no doubt but that they will come over by the thousands to find more remunerative employment here. The wages paid in this country are at least dou ble, and for thin sheet rolling 'about treble, what arc paid on the other side, so that per haps their scheme of reducing and 'oppress ing labor to worse than its present condition may not avail them." ihe reporter then led the conversation tvp to the possible or probable profits of tin plate making in America, and asked directly whether the consumer would not be the loser if the experiment should prove disastrous. With promptness Mr. Nied ringhaus said: "It is no experiment. As to the price of the plate to the American people and the profit to the manufacturer,' i. will uuiie m:u me people win not pay any more on an average tor tin plates dur ing the nest 12 years than in the past. For the finer qualities, especially the extra quality of roofing plate, they will. pay less, and then leave the .American manufacturer a profit of from 10 to 20 percent." A Very Bright Outlook. In concluding the chat on tin plate, Mr. Niedringhaus said: "The American demand for tinplatet will incur the expenditure of about (20,000,000 in labor and transportation and employ 20, 000 or 25,000 people. As our mountains and hills are teeming with ore and fuel, it is for the American people to say whether or not they will allow these treasures to lie dormant or raise them to give employment and add to the prosperity of their people. "The duty now imposed on tin plates does not cover the difference between the American and English scale of wages, but the American manufacturers will make up the deficiency in the nearness and abund ance of ore and coal." HARRIS' THEATER. Mrs. P. Harris, B. L. Brttton, T. F. Dean, Proprietors and Managers. WEEK-COMMENCING MONDAY, JULY 6. Every Afternoon andEvening. Continued Engagement of the Favorita STANDARD DRAMATIC CO., appear ing in the Now Comedy Drama, FAIR PLAY. Interesting Plot. Sparkling Dialogue. Charming Specialties. Week July 13-"COLLEEN BAWK. ' jy5- IN MEN'S CLOTHING HERE'S THE SITUATION: In order to quickly re duce to small proportions the hills of clothing that are still stacked on our tables, we will this week name prices that will send profits soaring into space and scatter broadcast the biggest bargains ever placed before you. "M 1 1 To make a clean sweep of our bet ter grade of suits, we will offer this week all our fine tailor-made suits in sacks and frocks of faultless fit and of the very latest styles at $10 and $12. AT AND $12 E! "J We have still quite a number left of those hand some and stylish suits, in medium shades of color, which we have been sell ing at $7.75. There are several genu ine bargains .left in these yet, for not a suit among them but is worth $12 to $14. J. HERE'S SAMPLE S ANOTHER NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Pm! t T M 4 i't '" l!t"f i.'li: 't ''j l!f trf IxjL LiU tijjili"nl :i8iii!J wM THE ONLY CORRECT REPRINT. Why Not Educate Yourself? Why allow your Children to remain Knowledge while the GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR FOR ADMISSION? Thii work is a LIBRARY in itself, a veritable STOREHOUSE of knowledge. Into its treasury the crowned heads of the kingdom of brains have poured their offering. 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This week will be the most fa vorable of all the year for careful, close-buying people; Our prices for hot-weather goods, such as Lawn Benches I Porch Chairs! Baby Buggies I ' Refrigerators, etc., -etc., ARE OUT'OF SIGHT! Another toboggan slide to-morrow on PARLOR and BEDROOM SUITES, DINING and KITCHEN OUTFITS, CARPETS, RUGS, LACE CURTAINS, eta HCBig drive in CHINA MATTINGS. PICKERING, The Housefurnisher, COR. PENN AVE. AND TENTH ST. IN BOYS' AND Children's Clothing. Ladies, you will find much to interest you in Children's Clothing all this week. Our entire stock the season through has been offered at the lowest prices, for which goods of the character we have sold could possibly be obtained, but we've shot away be low these, and are ready to surprise and delight you. LOOK AT THESE: Several hundred All wool Short-Pant Suits, all this season's make, of handsome cut and design, well made and trimmed, and worth $4 and $5, Sale Price S3 t There's a great variety in the styles and make of them, and almost any color you can fancy. IN LONG-PANT SUITS The prices are most at tractive. We'll name but one, and ask your atten tion to the 'rest when you pay us a visit At $4 we offer this week a line of Long-Pant Suits (ages 14 to 19). Trying to match them in the city would be wast ed time. Bargains beam from every table and bristle in every corner. Ignorant or Search in Vain for DECIS drop in prices I. Jys JULY PRICES REIGN In Outing Shirts. Beau tiful silk striped Flannel Shirts $1 25 in the regu lar way, now offered at 74c JULY PRICES REIGN In Hosiery. Imported fancy striped, regular made half hose, worth 250 a pair, are to be sold this week two pair for 25 c. JULY PRICES REIGN In Traveling Sets. A neat set, containing brush and comb, nail and toothbrush, in leather case, for 63 a JULY PRICES REIGN In Trunks. We offer you this week a superior quali ty Crystal Trunk, with sheet iron bottom, for only $2 50. JULY PRICES REIGN In Satchels. A sold leather satchel, lined with leather ette, with best trimmings, for only 99a JULY PRICES REIGN In Ladies' Shoes. Oxford Ties, plain or patent leather tipped, worth $1 50, ouf sale price 98c. JULY PRICES REIGN In Fancy Vests. Two hun- dred of these in the latest styles, and worth $1 2? to Si ko, will be sold durine this sale for 75c MONDAY, JULY 6. ? .-j
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