SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
LAUGH ALONG.
If tho world present a sorrow—
Luu«U at it,
Chaff lit it;
Is there throat of woe to-morrow—
Chaff at it.
Laugh at it;
The joy will comous surely
If you faoo the world demurely;
Or the grief will fall as certain
If you strive to rond the curtain—
From tUo coming day to borrow
All Its store of joy or sorrow.
Bo let the world keep drifting
Laugh at It,
Chuff at it;
Tho deeds of mortals sifting—
Chaff at It,
Laugh at it!
—Cleveland l'lnlu Dealer.
lIIS KIWARD.
wns *' lo c ' ur^
H establishment,
z/M R. $ and when the
JTjB k/A ra rolling balls
Vfl JjpA |i gave him a mo
/JTEBk JS incut's lcisuro,
used to look
jtfi HI down from his
'vM.'ii -MM HI perch at
A WAHwiM. IS I tbo sllo P
IV beneath his
feet, and, in his
1 slow, quiet
fwlw iPxl style, study the
ways of the
numberless assistants whoso lifo -books
thus oponed to him so many of their
pages.
Lately thero had come to tho placo
a slight, gray-oyed girl, who woro her
black dress with such graco and held
her small head with such dignity that
lio whimsically had named hor to him
self "Tho Littlo Duchess." Ho liked
to look down and catch a gliut of lier
hair's suushino when hia braiu was
dulled with calculating change aud
his fingers achod with shutting cash
balls and despatching them on thoir
journeys. And he used to wonder
greatly how any customer coald hesi
tate to buy silks and satins when their
lustre and sheen were displayed by
her slim littlo lingers and tho quality
descanted on with so persuasive a
Hiuilo. There wero handsomer girls
in the shop, girls with finer figures
and better foatures; but to tho boy iu
his mid-air cngo there were nouo with
the natnoloss charms that made the
little duchess eo lovable.
For, of course, he did love hor. In
less than two months he had boguu to
watch for her cash-bn'l with a tremb
ling eagerness, to smooth out and
stroke gently tho bill ber fingers had
written and to wrap it aud its change
up again with a careful tenderness
that, I may assure yon, no one else's
change and bill received. 110 had
spoken to her half a dozen tunes in
all; twice at tho door on leaving—
weather remarks, to which she had re
sponded graciously; once or twice
about bills that sho had come to rec
tify at tho dosk, aud once he had had
the great good fortuno to find and
return a handkerchief sho had
dropped. Such a pretty, ridiculous
atom of muslin it was, with a fanciful
"Nellio" taking up ouo-quarter, and
some delicate scent lendiug a subtle
fascination that had mado it a real
wrench for the lad to take it from his
vest pocket aud proffer it to her.
So great a wrench, indeed, that ho
proffered his love, too, humbly, but
fervently, and received a very won
dering look from the gray oyes, a
badly concealed smilo, a "Ihankyou,"
for tho handkerchief, and a "No,
thank you," for the love.
He had kissed her, though, and that
was some consolation afterward to his
sore spirit—kissed her right upon tho
sweet, ecarlot lips which had said
"No" so decidedly, aud then, bold no
longer, had fled to the shelter of tho
friendly packing cases and boatou a
retroat to his desk aloft.
That was nearly a fortnight ago;
not once since had sho spoken to him,
and to-day he was feeling desperate.
It had been a very busy morning
aud ho had fouud hardly a second to
raise his oyes from his work ; tho onco
that he had looked down sho had been
busy with a customer, a girl prottiiy
dressed aud golden-haired like herself.
That had been at about ten o'clock ;
beforo twelvo her cash box, with tho
notch upon it that his penknife had
made, rolled down its line, and he
opened it, as ho had opened it twenty
times that moruiug; but this time it
bore his fate. Besides tho bill there
was a little twisted note with "John
Walters, private," written upon it,
und the boy's very heart leaped at tho
Down below customers wealthy
vaited for change aud anxiously
ratchcd for their own particular ball
vhilo the dens ex machiua read again
.lid nguiu, with eager eyes, "Please
till you meet uio at lunohtiine on the
Strand? Do, if you can. I am iu
rouble. You said you loved mo."
I'lten, as ho began mechanically to
Manipulate the waiting balls, he
ouki' I dowu to tho ucoustouiod placo
if tho littlo duohess. She was pale,
io saw, aud her lip i tretr bled oddly
low au>l agiuu. Thero was a fright
•lied look iu her gray eyes, and once
>r twice he thought ho uotioed a
p'trkle as of tears.
At Inu'h time ho actually tore
hroigli the shop and away down to
ho xppi'iuted pliw. She wns there,
,ti I |i ile, still nervous and fluttering.
"liet iis f(o to tho gardens, It is
■ it11•!< r," iie aaid, put nig a great
v trout upon hiiusell ; thou, when at
n-t fo v were within lit iU-«, "God
lies, vioi tor tins N'.-llie!"
"\Vlrtt?" said tho girl, with an
vrii'iut,". but not looking at the dark,
•il ...ill l nee that was all aglow with
in •• lor lo r.
"Fort -111114 me alnnit tho worry—
,*lM • me M eon.. 0\ <1,.l bl,-*S
i, \' ll . , i. . « led III' ■"
..J • ■!( on iu on i »jal all lln iu to
cry, quietly and miserably, till tho
boy was almost beside himself. At
lust, between tho sobs, he learned hor
trouble, which was grave, indeed. Sho
and her sister had very much wanted
togo to a certain ball, and, moro than
that, to liavo new dresses for it, of
soft, white Liberty silk, BUch as sho
cut off daily for fortunate customers.
13ut her purse was empty, so in their
emergency tho sisters had hit upon a
plan, questionable, indeed, but not
dishonestly meaut. Tbo sister camo
to tho silk counter und purchased
thirty yards of silk, paying 15s. for it
instead of £3 15s.
"That was on account; I was only
taking a little credit like other cus
tomers," said tho little duchess, with
a haughty movement of tho head. "On
Saturday I was going to make out a
bill for an imaginary customer and
send .£3 up to you. Don't iinagino I
would really wrong the lirm by a half
penny."
"Oh, no," cried tho boy, eagerly;
"it's all right."
"That's not all." Tho girl began to
cry again, hopelessly, miserably. "I
had no money to get tho dresses made,
and tho next customer paid £2 10a.,
and—and—I on'v sent 10s. up to you
—I wanted to make it just J£J I had
borrowed. I thought I might borrow
onough, as I was borrowing—don't
forget, I would rather havo died than
havo stolen tho £5, Mr. Walters."
"Of course, of course, I under
stand," said the cash clerk, seeing that
it was a worso fix than he had imag
ined, but longing to take her in his
arms and kiss away tho tear 3.
"And then that horrid Mr. Groavcs,
who signod first in a hurry, askod for
my book and took it for something,
and then sent it lip to tho desk, and
tho figures aro all confused, and tho
check leaf isn't tho samo as I sont it
to you. I hadn't timo to make it
right, and when tho books aro com
pared to-night it will bo noticod, that
I shall got into trouble, and, oh, I am
so miserable !" Tho littlo duchess was
sobbing pitifully.
lie kissed her this time in earnost,
on tho lips, tho cheeks, tho hair, tho
tear-wot eyes. I think ho would bo
kissing her still, only a gardeuor's
form, and specially his smile, obtruded
itself upon their notice, and thoy sat
apart, looking foolish, till tho two
o'clock bolls made them hurry back
to tho shop.
"I'll put everything right—don't
you worry," ho said, ami she smiled
relievedly and went to tho counter.
That afternoon lie did what all the
other years of his life ho had deemed
impossible for him to do. Ho made a
neat alteration in his books,so that tho
£5 in question would not be missed.
To-morrow, he resolved, ho would take
£5 of his own, and would pay it into
tho account of tho firm. Tho little
duchess would bo his debtor, and run
no more risks. But, alas for tho mor
row I
Ere ho had fairly taken his seat in
tho morning, beforo Nellie had fin
ished fastening in her neck the violets
ho had brought her, some words were
said at his elbow, and ho slowly be
camo awaro that ho —surely it was a
dream I—was being arrested for de
falcations in his acounts. Ho learned
that for some timo past the firm had
been aware of considerable discrepan
cies in tho books, and had placed a
detective accountant in tho oflico.
Last night, for the fir.st timo, tho man
had discovered, as he thought, a cluo,
and had convinced the firm that in
Walters he had found the offender.
Tlio lad was ushen palo, horror
stricken, as lio realized liow those
t hiugs must go against tiim. Ho could
uot drag iu the name of the little
duchess; eveu it he did it would not
avail him much ; ho certainly had al
tered his book, and to mention the
girl's share would only be to have two
of them brought to trial and perhaps
to jail. The little duchess in jail I
That hair catching the prison-yard
sunshine ! That slender form -,lad iu
the garments of shame I Tho boy
drew a deep breath, waved one vory
wistful glanco at tbe siik counter, and
then walked straight to tho manager's
room followed by tUo policeman. "I
took tho £5 yesterday and brought it
back to-day. On my oath, before
God, sir, I have uovor misapplied ono
farthing of my moneys." his voice
trembled in its eagerness, tho deop
sot eyes gleamed aud tho whito lips
worked.
"Your purpose, Walters?"
Tho manager looked hard, disbe
lieving.
"Direst need. Oh, boliovo mo, sir,
I havo served you throe yoars honest
ly as man can servo—yesterday I
borrowed this money and brought it
back this morning—don't ruin my
whole lifo for this ono act."
••Your pressing need yesterday?"
John drew a deep breath again.
"I—cau't well toll you."
Then the heads of tho lirm camo in
iudiguant at their misused trust, and
thoy ucornod his story. Tho defalca
tion amounted to almost X>o in all,
and ho had confessed to £5, which
had boon found upon hiui. Of course,
he nud no other was the offender, ami
they must teach their employes a
lesson. So Johu walked down that
loug shop by the side of tho ollicial,
his head very erect, his face palo and
his kuoes shaking; all his lifo ho
would remember the glaucos of pity,
curiosity aud disthtiu that ho met ou
every side. AH he parsed tho silk
counter the little duchess was meas
uring a groat piece uf rose-red, sheeny
sat in, that gleamed warm and beauti
ful beneath her hands. Mho was vory
white, and iu hereyoswa* u look of Ab
ject horror anil eutreaty ; his eyes re
aHxurod her, au I pas«eU ou uud out of
the doer. Yes, all his lifo ho would
totuombcr th«t that row-tod satin and
its brilliant, glauciu ; light.
After the trial everyone thought
him fortunate to n«'t only twoyuars,
1 and tho little duahom, who ha I gro«ru
r.itiit and ancient looking, breathed
irooly as she read thu account iu the
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1895.
papers, and saw that hor name was
not even moutionod iu connection
with tbo matter. lie wrote to ber a
loving, boyish letter, anil told ber she
must be truo to him till bo came out
and tboy would bo married and go
away where thin could never bo hourd
of.
It was no small thing bo had dono
for her, bo knew, and as ho was not
more than human be oxpcctod his re
ward. And the littlo duohess had
cried quietly over the letter, and for
several Jays cut off silk and satin with
a pensive, unhappy look that quito
touched her customers —thoso few
among them who realized that it was
human flosli and blood at the other
side of the yard measure.
Twenty months aftortho little duch
ess was at tbo same counter measuring
silk and satin for the stock-taking,
when a note was brought to her in a
writing she remembered too woll.
"I got out to-day, Nellio —come
down to tho Gardens in the luncb
time."
Sho hesitated when tho timo came;
but, you see, bo might come to tbo
shop, and that would never do. Ho
sho put on her hat thoughtfully and
set out for tho Domain.
He was awaiting hor on tho scat
whero noarly two years ago tho gar
donor had smiled at them. 110 stood
up as sho came slowly towards him,
and for a minute they gazed at each
other without speaking.
Sho was iu black of course, but
fresh and dainty-looking, with a
bunch of white ohiilon at hoc throat,
with ber littlo tan shoes, aud hor hair
showing goldea against tho black of
her lace hat.
For him, his faco had hardonod,
tho once thick, curly hair was horri
bly shorter, his hands wore rough
and unsightly, his clothes hung awk
wardly upon him and hia linen was
doubtful.
"Tho littlo duchess !" ho said, dully ;
then ho put out his hand, took her
small gloved one and looked at it cu
riously.
"I—l am glad you'ro out," she
said, carefully looking away from
him.
"Yes—wo must bo married now,
Nellie; that's all I'vo had to think
about all this awful time."
His faco ilushod a littlo under its
tan, and his eyes lightened.
"It's good not to seo tho walls," ho
added, looking round at tho spring's
bravo show, then away to to the bluo
sparkle in the bay aud the glancing
sails.
"Wo mnsn't talk of that timo,
though over, eh, Nellie?"
"No,"she said, regarding hor brown
shoes Intently.
His eye notod tho smooth round
ness of her cheek, tho delicate pink
that came and went, tho turn of tho
white neck.
"Areu't you going to kiss mo, Nel
lio?" he said slowly ; and ho drew her
a littlo strangely uml awkwardly to
him.
Then sho spoko.
"I knew it wouldn't bo any use,
aud you'd never have any money or
got a place after this. Wo couldn't
lie married on nothiug, and it would
only drag you down to havo me, too.
I'm not worthy of you."
"Well, littlo duchess," ho said soft
ly as sho stopped and faltere 1; a slow
smile crept over his faco, aud his deep
set oyes lighted up with tenderness.
Not worthy, his littlo duchess I
Then tho crimson rushed into her
fice, and sho flung up her head de
fiantly.
"I married tho new shop-walker
four months ago!"— Hartford Times.
Bear iu a Town's Suburbs.
"Yoit aro thinking about going be ir
huutiug, oh 1" romnrkol dinner El
more, tho largest salmon packer on
tho Columbia River, wheu ono of his
acquaintances expressed a desire to
bag some big game. "Well, if you
want to get plouty of bears without
muoh troible goto Astoria."
"Astoria is a nico little city of about
10,000 inhabitants, but half a mile
south of the Custom Houso is a virgin
forest skirting Young's River and the
Lewis und Clarko Tho foicsl
stretchc3 eastward to tho Willamette
Valley audi 9 full of elk, dejr nud
boar.
tho summer tiiuo daring tho
packiug season thousands upon thou
sands of salmonbeads are throwu into
tho Columbia River off tho water trout.
Tho tido carries theui urouud into
Young's Bay aud they drift up on tho
beach.
"Bears, like cats, aro wild for fish.
They will leave a beehive to get u
salmon head, und tho result is that
great numbers of thorn corno dowu
from tho muuutaius to the beach to
feast ou s.ilmou heads. Many people
set big log traps baited with salmon
in tho timber uloug the beach aud
inauy bears are trapped every year
almost withiu gunshot of tho Custom
House." —Sau Fraucisco Post.
Walk a TlioiiHUirJ Miles t» Worship,
Tho history of Cauala, especially
its earlier history, preserves tho story
of many u deed of heroism on 1 devo
tiou oti tho part of Christian mission
aries who worked an 1 perished a-uotig
tho luiliatiH, but there aro few »t >rii-s
which reflect so much crodit ou ludi iu
piety as that published Tro u Quebec.
Moiitu-tuais and Kikimos came from
the southt-ru shore of ilndsou Htrait
to worship tu tho I'rovinoe of (£uelK«o.
This involved a traiup ou footot I<MM
wiles. No pilgrimage iu tiie middle
1 ages wis ever ma le in
of greater hardship. Tho citizen who
is loath to walk a Mojlt to cuur.'h
nloir; a smooth, dry paveuieut, ought
to think of those Indians piildiug
1000 luihw through au mhnspitablit
! country,tliron ;'i turesta, ncroaa river*,
I mouutnius mi l lakes, tu mi li-r a duly
| they own to tbeir rclirfiou. —Toroulo
I Mail aud Euipiru,
COLD WEATHER FOK MIDSUMMER.
PAYMENTS As NATIONAL' DEBT
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DECREASE OFOEBT ADDITION TO DEBT^
'■ ft 6V,-7)4,894 $65,582^3fc>5 (
SURPLUS
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15 million Pol lots
Very surplus,
Gomjortnble
Summer' ||3
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IS U RPJ-USJ :
2STfiillion Dollors
SURPLUS;
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BELOW ZEROr .. , QJfiffibjj
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Cottan Planters' Tron'iles.
It may soom all vory well porhapi
for tho oottou planter to get tho boun
fit which liohopostodorivo fro-n "free"
oottou bagging by placing his neigh
bor's flax ou Jbo froo list, but ho will
havo tho ]>oorootnfortof knowiugthat
if ho sooures any advautago it will bo
at the expense of fanners engage 1 iu
agricultural avooatious at honorable
and honest as his own. The ootton
planter's trouble lies koyoud cheaper
ootton bagging. It lies in overpro
duction, failure to rotato btscrops for
lietter yields aud the poor baling of
hia product, entailing reluclious iu
prion all aloug tho line uutil the cot
ton reaches the manufacturer.
Should May Fair.
If tho freo traders are not satisfied
to oompare tho imports of 18J3 with
those of IHU4, why aro thoy so anxious
to oompare tUo improvement in busi
ness, as represented by bauk oleiriu js
and the better Treasury exhibit mado
this year with thoso of 18'Ji? What
is sauce for tho goose is sauoe for tho
gander.
Hard on tbe Ulrls.
The falling off twenty-live por oont.
in marriages under Cleveland an l low
tariff is not at all surprising. It has
been difficult enough lot .the average
young man to feed aud elotbe ono per
•on.—Journal, Kansas City, Mo.
Terms—Sl.oo in Advance; Sl<2s after Three Months.
HERALD'S "DIFFICULTY"
CAN UK THACKD RACK OVER
TIIIUTY YEARS IN HISTORY.
Disloyal Papers CoiiiTi"' , ort to Ilolst
tlic Stars and Strin's—A Simple
Remedy That was Very Rflccttve
—.luKKllnfj Figures Through a
Free Trade Drain.
Under this caption tho New York
Herald, July 2D, endeavored to show
that the period of protection is re
tponsiblo for tUo existing accumula
tion of tho National debt under the
free trade administration. The Herald
said that "tho expenditures were ox
tremoly largo on account of the enor
mous pension payments necessitated
by reckless Republican legislation."
Setting aside any discussion of the
"reckless Republican legislation"
which provided for tho payment of
pensions to American soldiers, we
would remind tho Herald that the
free trade majority in CoDgrcss, wliioh
framed and passed tho existing tariff
law, were perfectly well aware •• what
exteut such payments had to be mado
when they voted for their tariff for
deficiency. It was tho incompetence
of the freo traders in Congress that
led to this deficiency, through not
framing a revenue measure that would
meet the l<nown expenditures of tho
Government.
The Herald speaks of the "enorm
ous driiiu on tho Treasury under the
McKiuley law." Let us look at this
"drain," using only tho figures given
by tho Herald, and wo find that the
total amount of money paid out for
pensions for the fiscal years 18D0 to
1804 inclusive reached $066,470,702.
This includes tho years of freo trade
deficiency, whon the pension payments
wero 51*8,180,273 less than in 1893.
Next, let us take the excess of Rev
enue figures as quoted by tho Herald,
aud wo find that for tho fisoal years
ending Juno 30, 1893 to 1833, they
aggregated $121,132,000. If wo even
deduct tho deficiency during tho free
trade year of 1804, amounting to $70,-
025,000, we still have an excess of
revenue of $34,107,000 in the years
quoted by tho llerald, to the crodit of
tho protection administration, over
and above all the pension payments
made, aud oven after loading the pro
tectionists up with the 1894 year's de
ficit of the free trade party.
One point that tho Herald has en
tirely overlooko I is that, during tho
period which it has reviewed, the ad
ministration of tko Goverument un
der tho policy of protection reduced
tho interest bearing debt of tho coun
try by $244,824,600. Wo thus find
during the period of tho Horald's re
view, 1890 to 1891, that the policy of
protection enabled tho following pay
ments and surplus •
Pensions .... .... 470,703
Excess of revenue "54,107,000
UoJuetion iu deht 244,821.001?
Total.. ' $5W5,402,36J
Tho Treasury Departmont was en-'
tbled to withstand "this onormous
drain under tho Mckinloy law" with
out any difficulty, although wo havo
jhargod against it the $70,000,009 de
iciency that aroso during tho first
fear of tho present froo trado admin
istration.
Wo sympathizo with tho Herald dur
ing its present trials au l
For upward of thirty years it has boon
imbued with au entirely un-American
spirit; it has boon liostilo to tho al
vanoomont of Amerioau interosts; it
has beon hostile to tho progress of
American industries; it has been hoi
tilo to tho prosperity of Ameriom
labor. Tho "peusiou iuoubus" did
not prevent tho policy of protection
from providing a sutiicioucy of rev
enuo to meet all its liabilities, besides
iecreasiug tho public debt aud carry
ing over a surplus. It was tho "iu
oubus" of u freo trade policy and the
"incubus" of tho fools who passed it
that have brought about tli9 existing
troubles that aro such thoras iu thj
Herald's side.
Why tho New York (so-callod) Her
ald should be so intensely uu-Ameri
can and BO intensely unpatriotic we
are unablo to coujeoture. Its uu-
Anierieanism is now noarly as pro
nounced as it was in 1861 when a pro
cession of loyal Americans inarched to
the offico of tho New York Herald,
compelling tho display of tho flag of
tho Union upon its building. Th'
portion of American history may have
passed from tho minds of many of our
readers. Porhaps it is woll thit it
ehould be recalled, and wo do so in
the words of ono who was a partici
pant in tho scene referred to and who
has published his personal reminis
cences of the Rebellion from 1861 to
18C6. This gentleman describod the
very interesting eveut whoe tho Now
York Herald was compelled to fly the
flag of the Union from tho top of its
building in the following words:
"Fifty or sixty mou gathered in
tho lower part of tho oity aud started
up Uroadway iu processiou, a small
American flag waving at tho head of
tho column, tho lifer playiug pitriotio
tuues and tho drummer boating a
rousing accompaniment to tho steps
of tho marchers. Tho curious pro
cession immediately attracted grout
attention. liroadway was crowded.
At tho top of Wall street forty or fifty
gentlemen joined tho procossiou and
moved dowu Wall street. Ttio effect
was electrical. All Wall street
emptied out aud cheered for the tlag,
aud iu imraeusely augmented uurnber*
the processiou started for the Journal
of Conimcroe office. That ptptr had
beon Tory disloyal, and a demaud wa.i
made that the Auiorioan ting thonld
promptly be displayed ou tbo build
mg. Thero waa but little hesitation
before the Hag waa hung out. Then
the prooeaaion started for ths oflloe of
tba New York llerald, a dense maas of
obeeriDß onthn«ia»t«. Long before
the procoaaion reached the office a
doßeu flags were dying from tho
NO. 51.
building. Then a move was m*<]o on
tho oflico of the News; and so onjuntil
every newspaper in the city that had
shown a hesitant or doubtful spirit
had been compelled to display the
Union llag."
The narrator adds: "Thus was the
loyal sentiment of Now York City
aroused by the simple device of the
flag."
Trick to Hide the Enemy.
ijllj
Japan as a Competitor.
Tho phenomenally low prioo of raw
cotton has tempted heavy purchase#
from abroad. If tho crop year bo
taken, the exports in the ten months
ending .Tune 30, 1835, were 3,4'27,-
815,710 pounds against 2,f>6'.5,082,92l
pounds in tho corresponding porio.i
of 1804. Nenrly 000,000,000 pounds
moro wero sold in 1805 than in tho
preooding year, and netted $3,400,000
less. The distribution of this in
creased quantity may bo takon as a
fair indication of the industrial coun
tries which have felt the approach of
better demand for the manufactured
goods. England naturally stands first,
taking 700,000,000 pounds moro in
1805 than in 1804 ; Germany, France
and Italy will use 450,000,000 pounds
in excess of last yoar; and even
greater needs are indicated by tho in
creased exports to Moxioo and Canada.
One other country, tho youngest
urnong Nations and tho youngest in
dustrial Powor, will repay careful
study if her domand for American cot
ton may bo taken as an indication of
growing competence. In tho yoar
1894 less than 5,003,000 pounds wero
exported to Japan ; in tho year 180,>
tho export was more than 11,000,000
pounds. This is tho moro remarkable
as Japan has British India and China
as sourcos of supply, and is known to
draw heavily from them. This need
for our cottou poiuts to positive de
velopment on tho best linos of manu
facture. It is only five years a-jo
that the Unite 1 States sent cotton
cloth to Japan. Now Japan asks for
raw cottou, defeats .British Indian
competition in yarns an I threatens
English cloth with exclusion from tho
continont of Asia.—Worthington C.
Ford, Chief of tho Bureau of Statis
tics, Washington, D. C., in tho North
Amerioan lleviow, August, 1833.
A<l Valorem? nn:l Undervaluations.
Goods aro being brought in here,
according to trustworthy testimony, at
pricos which do not cover moro than
the cost of the yarn out of which they
are made. Tho grossest frauds in un
dervaluation uro being perpetrated
upefh the customs laws, aud those
goods fraudulently imported are
placed in competition with domestio
goods aud with foreign goods honest
ly importod. The magnitude of this
curse is little appreciated by the aver
age manufacturer and commission
merchant, but it is probable that the
present light-weight season will fur
nish objoct lessons which will strike
homo nud open the eyes of those who
now see dimly. Already tho cry is
heard through the goods distriot that
tho foreign manufacturer has obtained
tho goods market on special grades of
worsted—it is frankly admitted that
the domestio manufacturer has lost
tho market on worsteds from $1.25 to
Sl.7s.—Textile Manufacturers' Jour
nal.
A Costly Capture. "
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