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PITTbBURQl WEDNFSD VY. MARCH i
TWELVE PAGES
THE TOTAL TAX LETT.
The report of the City Assessors show
ing the gross valuation to be 5266,000,000,
together with the semi-official intimation
that the tax rate will be 13 mills, gives the
public the first approach to a clear idea of
the amount it is proposed to raise by taxa
tion. The unknown factor is the reduc
tion of the valuation by classifications,
which cannot make a very great change in
the aggregate of taxation.
The expectation is that the reduction by
classification and correction will .not be as
great as on the last assessment Supposing it
to be the same, it will leave a net valua
tion of f 240,000,000 against $180,000,000 last
year. It is thus apparent that the levy of
13 mills on the new valuation instead of
being a reduction from the levy of 18
mills on the old one is actually an increase
of $420,000, over 15 per cent, in the
amount of taxes levied on the people.
There is no justification for- any such
increase. A 15 per cent increase of taxa
tion is admissable only to meet exegencies
of vital importance, or when exceptional
prosperity permits new and costly works
to be undertaken. Not only are these
conditions absent, but the proposed in
crease is made additionally unjustifiable
by the fact that it follows upon a long suc
cession of years in which a similar en
hancement of the burdens of taxation has
been made. The proposed increase of
$420,000 was preceded by a growth in
city expenditures of $419,000 in 1891, of
$531,000 in 1890, of $243,000 in 1889, of $168,
000 in 1888, and of $508,000 in 1887, making
a growth of $2,289,000 is these six years, or
more than nine-tenths of the entire city
expenditure at the beginning of that
period. Add the fact that the increase
has been outside of the expenditures for
sinking funds and interest, for the De
partment of Charities, and for education,
and it will be seen that, according to this
estimate, it is proposed to increase the
other city expenditures to three and one
third times their total in 1886.
These figures make it evident that if any
change is made in the tax levy it should
be in the direction of reduction. The ap
propriation ordinance should be held
strictly down to the total of last year; and
whatever alterations are made should be
for the purpose of giving back a portion of
the million-dollar increase in taxation dur
ing the preceding two years.
COMMON TO BOTH 1TAKTIES.
The fact that a New York organization
for the purpose of getting legislation
passed in the public interest had to go to
Mr. Kichard Croker and secure his in
dorsement of the measure in order to gain
the bill even the favor of a hearing,
arouses the indignation of the New York
Recorder. That journal quotes the asser
tion of the Secretary of the organization
that this course was taken "because we
had been told by several Democra tie mem
bers of the Legislature that they dare not
Introduce such a bill without the consent
of 3Ir. Croker or Mr. Murphy," and there
upon indignantly exclaims: "This is not
Democracy!"
It is not It is bossism. It has been re
served for the devices of practical poli
tics to secure for politicians holding no
public position and assuming no official re
sponsibility a greater control over legisla
tion than is given to any monarch of Europe
except the Czar. It furnishes a fresh il
lustration of the utter destruction of re
publican government that is worked by
the discipline of a party machine.
But the esteemed Recorder when it ex
claims: "The body is a Legislature only
in name; it is a mockery, a sham and a
fraud," should confine its denunciations
to a single example of the sort It recent
ly, with regard to some of the less flagrant
misdeeds of Democratic government in
New York, declared that It would be just
as prompt to denounce equal wrongs on
the part of the Republicans. It has in
this case an opportunity to prove the faith
that is in it by pointing out that when Re
publican Legislatures have been carried
in the pockets of a boss, as has been the
case in both New York and Pennsylvania,
it is an equal violation of every principle
of honest representative government By
so doing it will point the way to the real
source of the evil; that is, the partisan
discipline against the independent actiou
which can alone break down the domina-'
tion of the bosses, whether Democratic or
Republican.
THE PERSEVERANCE OF IVES.
Mr. Henry S. Ives has recently demon
strated the elastic nature of his financial
genius by appearing again in the ring with
a successful operation. It was not a very
big operation, but it was stamped with
all the characteristics of latter day finan
ciering. A Brooklyn drygoods establish
ment was bought for $500,000 of wind; its
half-million of assets was promptly con
verted into a million dollars of stock, and
as soon as the stock was unloaded on the
eager lambs, Mr. Ives was prepared to
seek fresh fields and pastures new.
This reappearance indicates that the
fin de siecle Napoleons are not to be over
thrown by a single Waterloo. It is true
that the method of inducing a confiding
public to pay two or three dollars for
what is worth nothing was a little thread
bare, but no more so than the equally
familiar methods of financiers vt ho have
risen to the awful dignity of money
kings. When great magnates are scooping
up tens of millions by the well-worn
device of corporate combinations and
trust organization, no one ought -to be
grudge Ives his little half-million turn on
virtually the same plan of operations.
The incident shows that, notnithstand-
fit
ing the Hnfortunate little misadventure of
Ives early career, .he is, bound to success.
Patience and perseverance will conquer
all things, even to the 'Intervention of the
criminal law, when hacked by a sufficient
number of such half-million' dollar opera
tions. After Ives has piled up $50,000,000
or 5100,000,000 by industry in this line, he
can levy a tax of from a half to five mills
on the dollar for the benefit of colleges or
missions, and thus enter into the full odor
of sanctity. i
ORE AND LAKE FREIGHTS,
The review of the lake freight situation
and the lake ore trade, furnished by our
Cleveland correspondent, shows that at
present lake freights are firm, and it is
expected that the rates on ore at the
opening of the season will be somewhat
higher than last year. This is due to the
expectation of a large grain movement
which is probably well founded.
From this there is a disposition among
the ore interests to deduce firmness in ore'
contracts. But against that deduction is
the dullness of the iron market on one
hand and the opening of large and new
sources of supply on the other. In order'
to stimulate the demand for ore, prices
must be such as will enable manufacturers
to meet the market Efforts to hold up
the price of ore at the opening of the sea
son may result in leaving both ore
sellers and ore carriers without full
employment
In addition to these immediate con
siderations the quotations.of lake freights
and the conditions of the trade indicate
that the greatest benefit to the ore and
lake carrying interests as well as to the in
dustries is to be secured by the ship canal.
which will enable vessels to unload ore at
Western Pennsylvania furnaces and to
take back cargoes of coal, coke and iron.
When the cost of taking the Ore from the
mines to the furnace is reduced one-half,
both interests will be vastly benefited.
NOTHING FROM NOTHING.
The reappearance of the single tax cult
in the form of a circular bearing the signa
tures of a large number of estimable gentle
men is an example of the survival of a mod
erately good idea pushed to the verge of
crankism. The circular states the plat
form of the single-taxers in four resolu
tions. The first three recount the truisms
that taxes should be simple and definite,
should not restrict production nor favor
individuals at the expense of the com
munity, and that labor should always be
able to find adequate employment After
these Indisputable propositions, it pro
ceeds to inform us, among the other vir
tues of the single tax on the rental value
of land, that it will leave "to capital and
labor their full earnings free from all
tax."
The circular professes to state a "new
platform of principles;" but the only new
thing we can find about it is the assertion
that it can produce something from
nothing. All taxes must be paid from
earnings and all earnings must he those of
either capital or labor. The assertion,
therefore, that this system of taxation will
release the earnings of capital and labor
from taxation is tantamount to the allur
ing promise to furnish the revenue of the
National, State and municipal govern
ments from nothing at all
The idea of making the rental value of
real estate the basis of taxes on real es
tate is a good one, confined within proper
limits and protected against abuse. But
our single tax friends should restrain
their enthusiasm sufficiently to ponder the
fact that a revenue amounting to thou
sands of millions cannot be raised without
some one paying it
THE INCEPTION OF RECIPROCITI.
A special from Cleveland in this issue
points out that the reciprocity policy owes
its inception to the Garfield administra
tion, and makes the assertion that the out
lines of the policy were sketched by Gen
eral Garfield at Mentor during the winter
before his inauguration.
Except for the interesting details which
are given, this is stating what was pretty
well understood already. Indeed the
leading feature of the Garfield adminis
tration during the few months it had to
develop a policy was the beginning by
Secretary Blaine of the Pan-American
policy, of which reciprocity is the main
feature. After General Garfield'-tragio
death this policy was abandoned, and
while partial efforts in the line of reci
procity have been made both before and
since, the real inauguration of that policy
was left for Secretary Blaine to perform
in the present administration.
It is quite probable that the broad mind
of Garfield, with an especial aptitude for
fiscal subjects, originated the reciprocity
idea. But it is certain that its resumption
and its final incorporation Into legislative
enactment was the work of Secretary
Blame. It is more than doubtful, too,
whether Garfield unaided by Blaine could
have displayed the boldness and vigor
with which the Secretary compelled the
attention of Congress to this far-reaching
measure.
The reciprocity project is thus the
product of years of contemplation and a
few weeks of -energetic action at the vital
moment Due credit can be given to the
Garfield administration for its theoretical
inception without in any way detracting
from Mr. Blaine's unique position as the
man who has brought it almost unaided
into actual existence.
HUNGER AND CRIME HAND IN HAND.
Every report from Russia brings new
accounts of the sufferings from starvation.
That the peasantry have in many districts
become transformed into bandits and
beasts of prey is all that could have been
expected. Ignorant in all things, and
frenzied by the absence of life's necessities
for themselves and those dependent on
them, there would be cause for wonder
only if they abstained from violence. But
next to their ignorance is the devotion
they pay,to their church under all ordi
nary circumstances; so that the extremity
oi tneir want is cieany indicated by the
fact that even clergymen's houses have
been robbed.
That present evils are the result of mis
government cannot for a moment be
denied. That reforms should be under
taken speedily and in earnest is certain.
But it is equally sure that many years will
fmetopass before any great improve
ment is discernible. The most pressing
question of the hour is how the sufferings
can best be relieved now, and their
immediate repetition be prevented. The
famine extends over an immense area and
means of communication are scarce.
These are the two greatest difficulties.
But that the Czar is not doing all he can
is shown by his hoarding grain, for pur
poses best known to himself, while'
thousands die for lack of food and whole
tracts of country are without seed for the
sowing which should already have com
menced. The boisterous entrance of March has
created a demand for lion-tamers in the
weather bureau.'
The solution of the color question de-
pends largely on the efforts of the colored
race. The establishment or a factory, to
emrMov 000 or 700 men in the, manufacture of
superior cotton fabrics, almost entirely con-.
woneu uy coioreu men, u an enterprise tunc
will bewatohed with Interest, and is likely
to receive the encouragement it deserves.
' Some ;of fill's supporters are as'anxious
to marry Mm. a lf bo freed in a consti
tutional monarchy, and he were the bachelor
heir presumptive. This is one of the penal
ties of notoriety.
Valuable privileges have been granted
to the Chicago Power Supply and Smoke
Abating Company, indicating that the Coun
cil of that city is alive to the importance of
Bmoke fefornr, and that It believes smoke
can be reduced to a vanishing point without
a loss to manufacturing Industries.
That Canada is rapidly awakening to her
only hope of salvation is indicated by the
offer to the Government of unanimous sup
port from the opposition in effecting reci
procity. It is a brave move to have selected Al
bany as the site for New York's Republican
State Convention. It remains to be seen
whether the Democratic Legislature will
accuse delegates of contempt for daring to
brave it in its den.
If the claims of the injured Baltimore
men be regarded as just, the Government is
certainly to be congratulated on the ohcap
rate at which it obtains their services.
Tammany's latest audacity is a bill to em
power the New Yojk City authorities to con
fiscate the Stoats Zeilung building and evict
the owner at ten davs' notice. Of a truth,
"those whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad."
Public servants who draw a salary for
neglecting to attend to their work are little
worse than voters who are apathetic enough
to allow them to be elected.
Now that the treaty submitting the
Bering Sea question to arbitration has been
signed, it is to be hoped that a satisfactory
result will be reached in less time than lias
been wasted over the preliminary dis
cussions. Affairs appear to be managed in a
unique manner in Gieece when a. Minister is
asked to resign while supported by a
majority in the Chamber.
Canada's contribution to the world of
sports of the latest strong man, who can lift
more than a ton, will not compare with the
bossism which claims that it can carry the
New Tork Democracy willy-nilly.
New Yobk ia still paying thj penalty of
fear for the oversight of admitting typhus
immigrants. The expensive experience
should not be wasted.
Resignations have in turn been reported
and denied for Blaine, Sherman, Chief Jus
tice Fuller and Minister Beid. Meanwhile
Egan remains In Chile, and Harrison con
tinues the even tenor of his way.
It may be all very trne that where there's
a will there's a way, but William's willful
way in Germany is not a path or pleasant
ness. There are some matters where there is a
good deal in a name, and if that $100,000,000
of gold reserve can be used for current ex
penses the sooner it receives a more appio
priate designation the better.
Pbosecutobs of the Whisky Trust of
ficials nave a large order on band which it
is to be' hoped they will satisfactorily fill.
It is all very well to speak of Garza as
"simply an incident." A blister may be
spoken, of in the same way, but it is irritat
ing while it lasts and frequently takes a good
deal, of getting rid of.
' Hill partisans .cannot claim that the
Cleveland opposition came without warn
ing: it was not a "bolt from the blue.
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" PERTINEKT PERSONALITIES.
J. Francis Galton has invented
an
apparatus for measuring thought.
Aftek the Queen, the Duke of Edin
burgh, is the richest member of the Boyal
family.
Dk. von Holleben, the new German
Minister to Washington, is said to 'bear a
striking resemblance to Commodore Walker,
commander of the White squadron.
Miss Anna Dawes, daughter of Sena
tor Dawes, of Massachusetts, lecently
visited Vassar College, and gave an inter
esting talk on the Indian question.
The story from Washington to the
effect that Senator Hill is to marry Mrs.
Daniel Manning is ridiculed by the Albany
friends of both Mrs. Manning and the Sen
ator. Asheb Cabuth, the Kentuckian, is said
to be one of the most indefatigable members
of Congress. He Is the special attorney of
every constituent he has man, woman and
child, black or white.
Pbedebick Schwatka, the traveler,
orice experienced a temperature of 71 be
low zero in the Arctic lezions, near Burk's
Great Fish Blver. It is said to be the cold
est ever endured by civilized man.
Pbince Victor Emanuel, heir 'to the
Italian crown, is one.of the handsomest and
most accomplished men of his station in
life. Although near 30 years of age and
widely traveled, he Is yet unmarried.
Pbince Geoboe of Wales has a much
smaller head than his father; and a London
paper suggests the probability of the crown
being reduced in size when it is passed
along to the son of the present heir-apparent.
The Baroness von Zayllan, of Paris, has
the finest stables in the world for her mag
nificent horses. Even those of the Czar
himself do not equal them in splendor. On
Snnday afternoon she takes her tea in the
stables, where, down the center or the great
building, a thick pile carpetls placed lead
ing up to the tea-room.
XISCES BEPUBLICANS
Request Voters at tho Primaries to Declare
Their Preferences for Senator.
Mibcir, March L Special In pursuance
to the call issued by County Chairman Coch
ran, the Republican County Committee
met in the Court House to-day, there
being only three committeemen absent.
Monday, April 11, was tho time set by the
committee upon which the primaries should
be held, and the Tuesday following as the
time for holding the convention.
The committee, appointed by the last Be
publican Convention to prepare rules to
govern nominations under the delegate sys
tem, made a report, which was accepted.
.uon. Thomas ferry tnen offeied the follow
ing resolution, which was udoptcd:
Resolved, That the Chairman of the
county committee be instructed to request
the Republican voters at the coming prim
aries elections to express by their votes,
their choice for United States Senator,
and that the chairman furnish a blank
ticket as follows: "For United States Sen
ator," and the result of said vote be sent
with the credentials of delegates to the
chairman of the county convention.
A set of strong resolutions weie adopted
by the committee indorsing the candidacy
of Major. Alexander McDowell, or Snaron,
for Congressman at large. Two candidates
have announced against Thomas W.
Phillips,, of Lawrence county, being
Hon. S. C. -Koonce, ot Clark,
and Dr. Caldwell, ot New Hamburg. For
State Senator, Hon. James S. Fruit, of
Sharon; Dr. J. M. Martin, of Grove City, and
Captain P. T. Shinier, of this city, have an
nounced. For the Legislature there is at
present five announcements. i
L Road Projects fn Chicago.
Chicago, March L Thomas Bodd, Chief
Engineer of the Pennsylvania Kailroad sys
tem west of Pittsburg, arrived in Chicago
to-day with associates to investigate the
subject or elevating the tracks in this city.
It is understood (hat the visitors will con
sult with officials of other loads to see what
might be done toward forming a group of
three or four lines to Jointly construct an
elevated road irom somopoint in the south
west part or the gjity easily reached by the.
converging lines. '
BIRTH OP RECIPROCITY.
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Garfield Grasped I lie idea and Blaine
-Agreed 10 Help Him Push Ie.
Cleveland,0., March 1. Special. The
discussion in the Senate the other day over
the doctrine of leoiprbcity in which Senator
Vest, of "Missouri; asserted that Secietary
Blaine was not the author of the reciprocity
idea, recalls a bit or history that is of gieat
interest at this time.
Thore has 'never been a more profound
student of American affairs ahd'of the gieat
problems of political economy that aflect
the United States than the late President
Garfield. "
Tears befote he was thought ot by more
than a few fiiends for President he used to
say that he was in favor of ultimate free
trade in this country. -
His utterance, "I am in favor of that pi o
tection that leads to ultimate free trade,"
has been frequently quoted and almost as
often misrepresented.
In General Garfield's profound and pains
taking study of economic questions he nat
urally was led to see the utter impractica
bility of immediate ftee trade. He was in
frequent consultations with Speaker Blaine,
afterward Senator Blaine. Together they
talked over many suoh incidents as the le
ductipn of the tariff on coffee, which was im
mediately followed by the imposition of an
expoit duty in Brazil which kept the price
to consumers in the United States about the
same as it was before.
Blaine and Garfield Convinced.
This was a striking object lesson and both
Garfield and Blaine tried'to get a't the pith
of it. The l esult was that they both became
convinced that the only practical solution
of the tariff question lay through treaties
which ate mutually conciliatory and which
make concessions and agreements upon both
sides. This is the essence of reciprocity and
"the' sort of protection that leads to ultimate
flee trade."
When Qeneral Garfield was elected P resi
dent he naturally began to considei what
should be the great distinguishing points to
be made by his administration.
lie hadalieady selected Mi. Blaine as his
Secretaiy of State. They naturally recurred
to this matter of recipiocity of trade which
they had so oiten discu-sed bclore. It was
talked over by various other prominent
men who were close in the confidence of the
President, and everybody was convinced
that this was the pioper course to pursue.
In order that the writer of this might re
fiesh his own memory and be certain that
he was right, he consulted Captain C. E.
Henry, or Geauga Lake, O , who was very
close to President Garfield and who held the
office of Marshal of the District of Columbia
under the Garfield administration. This is
what Captain Henry said:
Staked Mnch on Reciprocity.
"Yon are quite right Reciprocity was
the piominent feature of President Gar
field's administration. He proposed to stake
much upon it. He saw that the trend or
things was toward free trade. He thorough
ly believed in the United States having all
the trade she could possibly attend to where
it does not interfere with our business.
President Garfield and Secretary of State
Blaine had aheady blocked out in a rough
way the reciprocity idea, which it was pio
posed to submit to Congress first in the
form of a message and then to urge as a
law.
"Upon this great principle it was proposed
to go before the country and ask tor the sup
port that would have been sure to follow.
Both General Garfield and Mr. Blaine be
lieved that the time had come when there
could be a gradual movement made along
the line of lecipiocity,"
When the McKinley bill submitted in 1890
did not seem to recognize this doctrine of
reciprocity, which was so familiar, and the
benefits of which were so apparent to Mr.
Blaine, he very naturally was astonished,
and expressed himself in the forcible lan
guage that has been so often repeated. All
this is the most natural thing in the world.
The doctrine was not an impulse. It was
not something that dawned upon Secretary
Blaine in a moment. It was a well-estab
lished principle in his mind, and he was
simply astonished that others bad not
thought of it befoie.
Reciprocity Is Purely Republican.
Hon. IT. B. Sherwin, of this city, who
was well acquainted with General Garfield
and had frequent consultations with him,
also confirms the memory of the writer in
regard to this matter.
Dnring the winter of 1880-81, while Presl
dentfelecfGarfield was still at Mentor, Hon.
Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune,
paid him one or two visits, and the policy of
the administration was talked over in a con
fidential way at that time. Mr. Media's
views on the tariff coincided almost exactly
with those of the Piesident-elect, and what
was said by the great Chicago editor, who
had a quarter of a century before named the
Bepublican party, and had done so much to
disseminate its principles during all the in
tervening years, had great weight in decid
ing the course which the coming administra
tion would pursue. -
It will thus be easily seen where the reci
procity idea came from. It is not a Demo
cratic doctrine. It is purely Bepublican.
Bepublicans conceived it. A Bepublican
Congress passed it. A Bepublican President
signed the law. It is doing more to-day to
help the trade of this country in a sensible
and proper way than all that the Democratic
party ever did.
A FfiE-LSNTSN EVENT.
"The Ladies' Battle" Presented by a Sewlek
ley Valley Club.
Tho Sewickley Valley Club gave the third
entertainment of the season at the pretty
little Opera House lastnight. 'Ihe play was
"The Ladies' Battle," an adaptation from the
French, and called a comedy. The chief
inteiest of the performance lay in the fact
that the cast included several new names,
and indeed was mainly made up of actors
wno have not appeared often befoie. The
cast was as follows:
The Countess D'Autreral Mrs. Reed
Leonie de la Villegontler Mrs. Laughlin
Le Baron rte Montrichsrd Mr. McPherson
Henri de Fl-vljrneul Mr. bcovel
uusuveae urlgnim Mr. Klchardson
Brigadier Mr. Macrura
Valet-de-chambre Mr. McCord
Mrs. Laughlin looked very charming and
very sprightly as Leonie. She also had a
ohance to wear a number of pietty costumes
In the Eighteenth century iashion, of which
the riding habit as perhaps the most be
coming. Mis. Colin Reed had no difficulty
in impersonating the witty Comtesse
D'Autreval. At often happens the fiist act
dragged a little, and the frequency of solilo
quies in ir lather swamped the action. But
the second act moved briskly enough and all
the actors shooed themselves to advantage.
Mrs. Ueed's scene with the Baron, Mi. Mc
Pherson, was so effective that it won a round
of applause. Mr. Score!, as-the young heio
in disguise in this act, took full advantage of
his opportunities. In the last act Mr. Bleb-'
ardson's delinention of a decidedly comic
lover created much laughter. Mr. MoPlier
son's big voice and a very ferocious make
up were well matched to the part he as
sumed. The scene, a prettily draped room, was not
changed, but it reflected credit upon Mrs.
James Chaplin, Mis. Colin Reed, Miss Ander
son and Mr. James Chapliu, the committee
who mounted the play. ToergeN orchestra
furnished excellent music, and after the
play there was dancing in the the iter. Theie
were many members of the Tuesday Night
Club present and otbers irom the city. The
play was thoionghly enjoyed by a larze
audience, as their heaity applause testified.
IN TEE SAUK SICZ E00M
Lie Senator Snyder and His Wife at L-eto-nia,
Near East Liverpool.
East Liverpool, March 1 Special. Sen
ator Charles M. Snjder, ot the Twentieth-Twenty-second
district, lies iu bed at his
home in Leetonia, this county, unable to do
more than raise himself to a sitting posi
tion. He has lain thus for the last 13 weeks.
In the same loom with Senator Snyder ies
his charming wife, who has for ten weeks
been unable to laise her head from the pil
low and could do nothing but look at her
hick husband and speak to him on occasions.
She is suffering from an aggravated cafe of
inflammatory .rheumatism, and is now seri
ously ill nitn that trying disease. -- ' -
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have three small'
children, rot old enough to even prep ire
food tor their own'littlo .moutli, but many
kind fiiends in Leetonia watch over the sick
bedsides and see the little ones well cared
for. The Senatoris,lmpiovlng slowly, but
his physicians say. ho cannot even .venture
dut of doors before the roses bloom.
&JCIEHCZ AND DICEHTBALIZATION.
Electricity to Aid In the f olring of the Social
Problem.
St. Louis Post-Dlspatch.l
Economists have expressed tbo belief that
decentializatlonis likely to follow-the de
velopment of electrical science. That the
belief is not wholly speculative is shor. n by
the use made of electricity in Switzerland,
but more especially at St. Etiennc, France.
The industry at that place is the manufac
ture of silk ubuon. The independent looms
nnmbei 38,000,, while the steam lactories
have 5,000. Although laboring under heavy
diad antages, the handworkers have held
their own against steam pon er, because of
the superior quality of their ribbons. The
city of St. fitienne has undertaken U supply
these handworkers with power by electric
ity, the cost to be borne by the city, but to
be collected from the users in the- shape of
a charge of 7 cents a day for a loom and
motor. r
This experiment is very suggestive. "If
successful it will lead to a radical .revolu
tion in the factor) systems of the world,
perhaps to the desttuction of the system.
The dieara of Ktapotkine, the Industrial
village or the future, is realized in St.
Etienne- Theie cannot be two op'nlons
about the desirrtbilitv of such a change.
i ue individual will be put on his feet again.
His integrity will be restored. The home
life in cottage and cabin of tihlch tie ncd
to read so much will again be possible. The
heiding or men in unwholesome neighbor
hoods is one of the woist evils from which
we are now suffering. It need not be en
duied if people can get power at their
houses, and electricity seems destined to
solve this social question, as it has questions
or other sorts. "Hands" will disappear, and
men will reappear. The'home which, under
the factory system, is a hideous sarcasm,
may be reestablished under diffment. and
more cheerful conditions Every home will
bo a factoiy and every factory a home.
It is a pleasing speculation. Of course it
is little more, but that the experiment at St.
Etiennc does suggest the possibility of iui
piovetuent must be admitted. Philan
thiophy has woiked at the social question
and has uttcily tailed. Politicians have
tinkei ed at it and 1 a e probably done more
h-irm than good. It is not too much Jo hope
that science will solve it. Futuieievolutions
will be wrdught out bg chemistry and elec
tricity. Politicians can do no 'more than
utilize the forces of natute and place them
at the service of the individual man. Cen
tralizatIonas gone on unchecked because
tho individual has had no means of drawing
to himself his Shaie of the benefits arising
from the diffusion of knowledge.. Decentral
ization will set in when, as at St. Etienne,
the community Is able to procure the co
operation of nature for the common good.
SINGLE TAX IDEAS.
The Platform on Which the Disciples or
Henry George Stand.
Niw York, March 1. The active agitation
in regard to questions of taxation has re
sulted in the formulating of a new platform
of principles on the subject, which has been
signed by a number of influential men, as
pterAratory to a wider circulation through
out the country. The platform is as follows:
"Believing that public attention is con
cerned as, never before with the solution of
the social problems which confront us, we
declare our adhesion to the following princi
ples, and we urge upon all American citizens
a cm eful examination of them with a vie
to their embodiment in the law.
"Taxes should be simple, just, definite and
easily collected.
"They ought not to lestrict pioduction or
saving, nor to favor individuals at the ex
pense of the community.
"Labor should always be able to find suit
able employment, and for this purpose onjy
the use of land is absolutely necessaiy.
"A tax on the rental value of land, exclu
sive of improvements, is direct, equitable
and certain, it would encourage production
and industry, and hinder the withholding of
available land Irom use. It would take for
public purposes only the .value created by
the public growth, leaving to labor and
capital their full earnings, free from all tax.
"Therefore, a single tax on the rental
value of land alone is the best possible tax."
GBEEK ANTIQUITIES FOB THE PAIS.
The
Athens Government to Make a Pine
Display of Ancient Art.
Chicago, March L Director General
Davis, of the World's Fair, received to-day a
communication announcing that it is in
tended by the Grecian' Government to send
a complete representation of classical life,
and to this end will organize a "manufactur
ing bureau. to prepare casts of all the best
pieces of ancient art now in Greece.
The communication- asks that the Exposi
tion co-opeiate with the Government of
Gieece in the collection of the most repre
sentative specimens of Greek art no longer
in Greece, but scatteied in various muse
ums all overEniope.
A Prospective Consolidation.
Chicago, March L A railroad official who
is not given to Idle gossip said to-day: "That
there is a deal on loot looking to the con-t
solidation of the Lake Erie and Western
road with the Iowa Central needs
no other pi oof, than the fact
tbat certain Eastern parties are buying
large blocks of the stocks of these two cor
porations. These stocks have advanced
about 2 cents within the past week. Vice
President Schwan, General Manager Brad
bury and Traffic Manager Paiker, of the
Lake Eiie and Western, recently made a
three davs' tour of inspection over the Iowa
Central."
BLAINE'S LATEST LETTER.
Now we know better than ever before that
Secietary Blaine is not a candidate for the
Piesidcncy. Like cartful Martha, his mind
is cumbered with matters of less import.
Philadelphia Record.
While Mr. Blaine adopts a manly course in
defending his wife, the fact remains that the
proper place for meeting the charges made
against her was in the conrt in which the
suit for divoice was biought. Buffalo En
quirer. It is apparent that Mr. Blaine does not
care whether FatherDucey turns in and helps
him in'the next campaign or not. The fact
i, the clergy and Mr. Blaine do not get along
as well together as we would like to see.
A'cw York Advertitir.
' Mb. Blaine has shining abilities as a spe
cial pleadei, but he can haidly hope to gain
ciedit oy using them in behalf of a son who
for several years left a helpless wife and
child to depend upon friends for support.
6i(. Louis JPosl-Dispatch.
Iir behalf of Mrs. Blaine, as a man, a hus
band and a father, Mr. Blaine had no right to
be silent. He could not leave the Judicial
aspersion passed upon her unchallenged.
He has met the attack fully, frankly and
completely. Philadelphia Press.
So long as Mi. Blaine maintained his reti
cence with regard to Joraestic complications
we did not feel at liberty to make any com
ments on the situation. Family sect ets, even
when they aie open secrets, should always
be lespected by the press- A'ew York Herald.
The Secietary of State can hardly be
blamed for defending the good name of his
wife, but it is doubtiul if subsequent revela
tions do not go to piote that it would have
been wise to have created the comments of
the Deadwood judge with silent contempt.
Detroit Ifews
Blaixe will receive tho sympathy of every
one ho has sense and cour esy enough to
distinguish between his personal and his
public relations. A man ho is narrow
minded enough to drag private matters into
political contests will rejoice nt this oppor
tunity to stab Blaine. Detroit Journal.
Thf place to stop contiovcisics of this
kindlsbororo they are begun. There is no
disputing that the stones set afloat concern
ing this unhappi marriige'Tiave been a bui
dcnfortlie B aincs to endare, but is it not
better to "bear those ills we have than fly to
otlieis that we know not off Ctrcimiafl
Times Star. x
"It is veiy natural that Mr. Blaine should
rkiulisli a license of his son But although
he .seen s to n.ivo bent the full energies of
.liU acute and law e: -like mind to making
out the best possible case, the very admis"
slun which lacts compel him to mate seems
to leave the matter nhere it was befoie
Rochester Union.
The conduct of the Dakota jndge has com
pelled hiin to break silence, and his state
ment, which Is the firat aud only one of a
public'character that 1 as been.made in an
swer to the charges of Mis. Blaine, Jr., may
well command attention as an expression of
the grief o.f a husband and father whose do
mestic life has been free from reproach.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
AN EVENING Of MUSIC
Pleasant Informal Concert by Ihr Mozart
' En. Famllle Will-elm-Mason Nnptials
at Calvary Clinreh Society Jnst Before
the Lrnten Cnrtaln Falls. ,
The Mozart Club's annual Ballad Con
cert was given at Old City Hall last evening
in the presence of the large and well-pleased
audkfnce tbat forms a constant feature of
this club's public function'. A bnmed-out
electric fuse that left the platform and cen
tral portion of the, hall in semi-darkness
succeeded in making it well nigh impossi-.
Die lor the ononis to leau tne words ana
music an obstacle that would nave com
pletely upset any less reliable body of sing
ers. The novelty of the programme, a finely
written anthem, "God Is My Helper," by
Mr. Kate Ockleston-Lippa, of Allegheny,
suffered most from this cause. However,
there were passages in the new work in
which, ns in the two other choral pieces
"Davbreak," by Failing, and Ethelhert
Nevin's lovely lullaby, "Wynken, Blynken
Tod" the chorus sang with its old time
effectiveness. ,
Among the various solo numbers that
in which Mrs. Emma Blnzler Wolfe made
her renppea ranee upon tbelocal concert stage
was, probably, the center of interest to most
of the audience. Mrs. Wolfe's charming
sinfflnir enniAdand lecelved a heaitv encore.
L The very effective performance of Mr. S. S.
Auiuerson was anotner piominent icainre
that met with a warm reception. Miss Ella
Semple's rendition of three bright little
songs won a high meed of applanso. The
solos of Mr. H. B. Brockett. Jr., Mr. D. V.
Bullock and, Mr. Ed " Edstrora, the dnet
by Miss TrenirSample aiyl Mr. John Horner,
and a glee by Parry, sung by -ten picked
voices, rounded out an all too brief evening
oi musical enjoyment.
Mb. Cabl Wilhelm, of the Commercial
Gazette, was married last night to Miss Jane
Mason, daughter ofF. Maron, Esq., the cere
mony taking place in Calvary Church and
being followed by a reception in Mr.Mason's
house in Ivy street, East End. The chancel
was filled with palms ,and. exotics in
which the wedding paity arranged them
selves, with the ushers standing in a row
against the background or gieen, the bride
maids In front ot them, and at the chancel
steps the bride and groom. An unusual
feature nf t!.n Wfrirllnf. iT.i flia Inlnlniv nf
"the bridegroom in "the weddinz pro
cession. Mr. Wilhelm walked up the
aisle with' his betrothed, her father
and mother and tho family occupy
ing the front pews. In the bridal party
were: Brldemaids, Mi-s Gertmde Hailey,
Miss Stella Kelly, Mis Kate Werner and
Miss Annie Werner; Maid or Honor, Miss
Lnuia Gamble; Flower Girl, Miss Ersie
Camp; Pane, Master Ralph Camp;
Ushers, Mr. George Stoney, Mr. James Wil
son. Mr. William Hailey, Mr. John Chess
rowh, Mr. Frank Klleber and Mr. Joseph
.aiaiuu. .rreceuing tne onue ana groom
came the two little Camp chlldien strpwing
daffodils for the pair to walk upon. Thee
were suffered to remain until the procession
had left the church, when the people sitting
by the psws door eageily seized them.
There is a pleasant superstition that the
blossom brings a certain kind of good lnck
to the young woman who obtains one. The
bride wore a handsome heavy corded silk
gown trimmed in applique, with veil and
train; the veil afterward being removed
irom ner lacenss.no leturned from the al
tar. Her bouquet was lormed solely of
bride roses. The maids all wore similar
frocks of white crepe, made In a girlish
fashion, with ribbon fastened at the neck,
the ends of which mingled in tho (olds of
tho skirts. The little pace and his sis
ter were in white er.shmere, the little clrl
beim a particularly fascinating small tot,
who did her dntv In strewing the sprlnx
flowers with the gravity of ao years. Tre
betrothal of Mr. and Mr?. Wilhelm is suld to
have its very romantio side. Mr. Wilhelm
is a young German or good family, who on
his side of the ocean would be permitted to
wear a title. In newspaper circles his liter
ary ability is spoken of very favorably, and
he seems to have a future that many a collaborates-
would do well to emulate.
ACTOKanot infrequently become absorbed
during their leisure in matters often In no
way connected with their histrionic work.
For instance, Joe Jefferson always spends
his off times at his beloved etching; Kate
Castleton studies dressmaking: Felix Morris
paints, and Mr. Miriam Bruce, a member of
ne (jnariiy uau company, is somewhat or
an inventor himself, lie is piepaiing to in
troduce to the public an electricsj score
and mail service, wHich, it is thought, will
revolutionize the cash system and the rapid
carriage of mall to suburban towns.
The impersonation of the Peake Bisters
by the Bishop Whitehead Circle of the
Kings' Daughters at Emanuel Church last
night-was the personification of humor, and
evoked hearty plaudits from friends. A
good sized audience had gathered, out of
compliment to the party of t oung girls, and
the bread thns kindly cast upon the waters
soon returned in the form of a thoroughly
pleasuie- giving entertainment. The een
ln;r was supplemental v to an afternoon fair
held in the parish building for the purpose
of raising money to obtain a new carpet for
the church. Both entertainments were suc
cessful. Shrove Tuesday was equally well
observed all over the city.
Josephine Geo, a young Kew York
woman, is rapidly gaining a well-deserved
repntatlon as a romposer of bright, spark
ling music. Mrs. Gro has marked ability,
not only as a composer of music, but also as
a song writer, the "Grasshopper Dance" in
"La Clgale" attracting a great deal of atten
tion as well as the song entitled "With Sly
lironn Eyes," written especially for and
sung by Lillian Russell. Two of her pieces,
"Kitty's Catch" and "Little Defender's
Maich"aie very popular. The last named,
under the title oi "La Promeuade"was played
by Cappa at the Exposition last season, and
has been adopted in many ot the New York
public schools as a children's march.
"Mothers Lullaby" and "La Hazclle" aro
both exceedingly charming productions.
Gilmoie and Cappi fiequently intioduco
Mrs. Gio'j music m'their progiammes. She
is a young American of mucii promise, who
will yet win gieat recognition through her
capacity for faithful, painstaking work, to
say nothing of the superiority of her intel
lectual endowments.
The unpardonable sin of the next six
weeks in society will he tho practicing of a
gajety that may be found out. You are
permitted to enjoy yourself justas much as
eer you like with all the freedom -of a
mouse when tile cats' away; but don't let the
cat catch you. Society will never-forgive
HIC IttVfc U bUG UU,nttIU V131U1B Sign, IflOUirjl !
it is not likely to display much concern bver I
the absonce of the inward spiritual grace.
To-day ushers in a season ot comparative j
social quietness, excepting in tne UDrarics
where the fairstudentsbetake themselves to
books with a devotion gieater than Is their
wont. Twenty-two new member are re
poi ted at the Pittsburg library lot the month
of'January, and 18 additional for February;
a very encouraging state of thing", and one
whicu it is to be hoped the remainder of the
j ear may emulate. The devotion which has
been gi en to that library is surely soon
now to reap its reward.
The "Federal Musicale," whose organi
zation dates from lust December, gava a con
ceit in the Foul th ward public school hall
last night. Interspersed with tbo music
weie a number of .recitations by popular
leaders. Amon' the membeis of the Mnsic
nle are; William A. Ango. President: David
L. Jlorgan, Vice President: Benjamin A.
Burns, Secretaiy: John I'. Heideger, Trea
urer; Albert D Kiefeld, M'isical Director,
:,nd Mess is. J. W. Davis, Morgan Heuring,
It. J. Martin. H. L. Walker, oiiuon Beere, C,
A. Kalin. Addie Stieiheim, M. S. Connelly,
diaries PaikeAlbeit V. Sande, A. F. Rain
sev. George IS. Maxwell, William A. Divis,
C. W. Pearce, George Reese. Ch.nles Coalter,
Frederick Ashliman, W. L. Johnson.
Mb. Hart MoKee's theater party on
Monday evening, made up of a number of
guests at Miss Smith's wedding, included
Miss'Keese, Miss Stella Hiye, Mis Rankin,
Mlis Caroline Porter. Miss Lucy Haworth,
Mi-.s L die Sutton, Mis Rhodes and Miss
Annie Rhodes, Mi. William Singir.Mr. Howe,
Mi. Vcmer.Sciife, Mr. Will Scaile, Mr. Will
Singer, Mr. Trunk Willoek.
Last night Mr. acd Mrs. Brown, of
Highland avenue, and Mr. and Sirs. Aineri
cus V. Holmes, of the Kenmawr Hotel, en
tertained a party of friends at a progressive
euchre part) .
Miss Lucy Haworth gave a luncheon
yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Par
k'er, or Grand Rapids, Mich., who was in
Pittsburg us maid of honor ut MIs Smith's
wedding to Mr. Scaife on Monday evening.
Mr. Fbaxk Willock entertains a party
of sixfrieuds to-night ut the Duquesne The
ater to see "Tue Tjiolean."
Miss Mattie Siebesucb; gave a dinner
last night.
Mrs. James Darsie. of Fifth avenue,
Oakland, will entertain on Thuisdayi iu
benor of Mrs. Will Schmertz, a bride or last
j ear. '
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS...
In Australia no newspapers are pnV
Hshed or railroad trainsrun on Snnday.
It is calculated that everj.ten days of
London fog- casts 25.03) people on beds of
sickuess, and kills 2,500.
The Chinese laborer has no Snnday, and
In his case to profess three religions at tHe
same time is not inconsistent.
There are 90 licensed public gambling
houses In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela,
all doing a prosperous business.
In the early days of smoking rich Deo-
pie smoked silver pipes. The poorer classes
made a walnut shell and a straw answer
their purpose. (
In a New Hampshire ifraveyard there is
a large marble shaft on which the following
words are inscribed: "Sacred to the memory
of three twins."
From recent investigations-it has been .
found that the average speed of the trans
mission of earthquake shocks Is Very nearly
16 000 feet per second.
A French naturalist has stated that an
insect which attacks hop-vines can produca ,
six thousand million young ones during the
month or six weeks of its existence.
The largest telegraph office in the'world
is In London, in the postofflce. In It there
aro over. 3,000 operators constantly em
ployed, about .one-third .,of whom are
women.
'"Should gambling, houses be closed?"
was the question for debate before a literary
society in Deadwood recently. Keno, with a
soup kitchen attachment, is all the rage in
Deadwood now.
The population of Bogota, the capital of '
tne United States of Colombia, decreased 85
during 1S91. Thero were 2,305 births and
3,159 deaths in- the city during the year.
Emigration and immigration are not factors
in the city's economy. i
It seems that at Hyderabad a photo
graphic stndio has been opened in whioh,
the operators are all women. The Koran
forbids the making of portraits, but the
muftis have declared that photography can
not be included in the prohibition, since the
prophet knew nothing about it."
A Philadelphia clergyman "has had to
resign his charge for a remarkable reason.
In hfs pastoral ministrations ho mid little
attention to the ladles, and some of them.
Who felt slighted, made things so unpleasant
that he felt compelled to resign.
It is said there are 20 well built towns
in Kansas without a single inhabitant to
waken the echoes of their deserted streets.
Saratoga has -fO,000" opera house, a largo
brick hotel, a $20,000 school bouse ana a num
ber or fine business houses, yet there is no-
uuuy even to claim a place to sleep.
The recent Civil "War in Chile cost the
victors, the Congressional party, $15,000,0007
according to a recent estimate made "by tho
Chilean newspapers. Of that amount $885,.
000 as contributed by Senora DonaJuana
Edwards, the mother of Don Augustan Ed
waids. Minister pf Finance, from her pri vats
fortune.
What does it matter if we lose a few
minutes in a whole day? Answer: Time
table (days In a year, 313; working hours in a
dav, 8). Five minutes lost each dajr is in a
vear 3 day, 2 hours, J minutes; 10 minntes is
(lays, i lionrs, 10 minutes: 20 is 13 days and
SO minutes; 30 minutes is 19 days, 4 hours, 3d
minutes; 60 minntes is 39 days, 1 hour.
A rare gold coin has just been found at
Bergerac, in France. It is a stated, or
tetradrachma, o'f Philip II. of Macedonia.
It weighs garmmes. This coin must.it is
said, liavo been struck By the Gauls two or
three centuries before the Christian era
According to M. Lenormant, there Is qply
one other coin of this description in ex
istence. .,
The old times were not good times for
servants. Here 'Js a deed which, nowadays,
would be dcemed'most brutal and unmanly,
recorded in Pep;)s' Diary as rather com
mendable than otherwise: "December 7,
1CS0. This morninsr, observing some things
to be laid up not as they should be by my
girl, I took n broom and basted her till she
cried exceedingly."
Polygamy is practiced to an extrava
gant degree in Asbantee. The more wives a
man has the higher his social importance.
The number which a man in private life
may have is limited by his ability to pur
chase and support them; but the number
which a king may have is limited bv law
limited to the modest number of 3,333, nndit
is said tbat he usually does not exceed that
limit.
The human frame is an excellent mag
net. A man will cany a watch for years and
be proud of its acenmoy; then he will fall
slckVthe watch will lie on the mantle or on
the dresspr, and will develop great inac
curacy and irregularity. No explanation is
forthcoming except the one tbat the absence
of mngnetism upsets the time announce",
and the best proofof this is that when the
man gets round again and carries his watch
it soon goes all right.
Both the State and the Chnreh in Turkey
combine to make a bachelor's life miserable.
As long as a man's parents are living he can
live with them without experiencing any
difficulty. But as soon as they die he must
obtain pennis!on irom Dotli civil and re
ligious authorities before ,he 'can"'be ad
mitted to any other household; and.-more-over,
It is tho duty of the proprietor of the
household he enters to see that males and
not females wait upon him.
In the year 1792, the women of Toulon
declared themselves in a state of Insurrec
tion, and, assembling in great crowds,
threatened to hang the magistrates fr they
did not lower the price of sugar. The procu
rator.syndlo at first laughed at their threats,
bnt themnititnde refusing to disperse, ne
acmbled the Council-General ot the com-
mnne, and ordered the. fire engines, with a
ploititul supply of water mixed with soot,
to be drawn oat in battle array.. Br a vig
orous discharge of the smntty artillery, the
insurgents in petticoats were completely
routed, and retired peaeeably to their
homes.
According to an old Servian legend,
when the-nations were about to. distribute
the world among themselves, they alt as
sembled In the center of the universe, di
vided it into paiti, and drew -lotsi Some,
however, rerused to leave it to chance, -pre-
, . -l-rt aalttrtXnn
fornng to male their own selection
Vie"
slid the Latins, "want wisdom." "We want
the sea." said the-English. The Tnrks aid.
We want the land." "Gold and war forn"
atd the French. The Russians said, "Wo
prefer" the mountains and "the "mine'-'
"Weil, you Servians, and what do yon
want?', "Ahl"' they replied, "we are think
ing." And to this day they have not done
thinking yet.
KHYNKLED rtHYMELETS.
Saidso I had a check this morning on a
banfe where, I wasn't acquainted; the cashier
wouldn't give m? the money, bat lie said It was as
good s the wheat. -
Herdso 1r hat did you say?
Saidso I told him J thought it was jnst about as
handy. Somerset Sews. '
The modem man-acknowledges
Tills paradox so grim.
When lie can't "raise the wind'' it Is
An awful blow to him.
Boston Conner.
Mr. Lotos Have yon any Idea what are
the relations between that young Hirers Id an
our Lena?
Mrs. Lotos J don't know; the young people wm
to he very close-mouthed. ,
Mr. Lotos H'mrso I thought when I dUcorerid j
them on the parlor sofa this evening Pack. ,
A Pennsylvania girl loved me
Far more than toqgue can tell:
And. oh. that Pennsylvania girl.
You bet, I loved her well oil well.
Seia Tork Herald. ;
"They say that truth is stranger than
fiction, youltmw."
Ye: but Tou ought to read Kipling. Judi'.
Eat, dnnk and be merry, philosopher say.
This advice may he ill very well lu iu way.
But the. merriment part of it. some people think.
Depends u pon what vou may eat or may drint.
London teles-
Jake You are the shore, darling; I am
the ship that hugs yon.
Old BeUows (enterlng)-Yes. and I ita the
breaker."
And Jake passed into the darkness with an la
el'nation to stand up. Pomona Times.
How does it happen, one would like to
know.
That when tne bin
Shows that the coal supply is getting low
The cold sets in. ' . '
. 4 SeioJTork Press.' '
Seeker I observe that Prof. Stagg has
been lecturing on "How to Become a ChrftUsn
Athlete." I wonder what that means.
Sageioan-That's an easy one. A Christian atn
lete Is one who Is continually jumping from one re
ligious faith to Bouicr.-a(on CowUr, .
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