The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEMNG, JANUARY 10, 1870.

ings cost from 60 to 80 per cent. more than
formerly.. The engineers of England have thought
themselves so secure during the last twenty years
that their Union has continued to exact high wages
and insisted upon their trade regulations, until now
they dictate who shall be foremen of the shop, and
rule that the inferior shall be paid the same rate o
wages as the best workmen. The effect of their
doings is that they keep wages from ls. to ls. 6d.
a day higher than at the great works of Creusot, so
that an establishment in this country employing 1,000
men must pay £15,000 a year more in wages than a
similar firm in France.

ME METROPOLITAN .31ORNI1VG PAPERS.

on the floor of a railway train just vacated. The
cost of producing an article held in such light
esteem seldom crosses the purchaser's mind, yet its
cheapness is one of the marvels tf modern civiliza-
tion, for the article he buys can only be produced
,it an expenditure which in a few mouths would
wreck a magnificent fortune if its production were
unsupported. What we assert is that the profits of
a penny paper are so small,' unless the circulation
be enormous and the command of advertisements
in proportion, and the expense of providing for
such a demand is so vast, that but few penny journals
can exist. The Star very wisely stepped out of the
way of the Daily News, and the Herald, which
was merely a threepenny edition of the Standard,
was thrown aside notwithstanding the prestige of
its old traditions to leave the younger champion of
the cause untrammelled. What the fate will be of
the Pall_ Mall Gazette as a morning journal it is
impossible to predict, but it is in a vortex which
will whirl it round, and either rapidly jerk it into
the middle of the stream, to sail smoothly and pro.
sperously along, or down to the bottom among the
Stars and the Heralds, not leaving it even the satis-
faction of being able to say that it was established
to advocate a principle, and having accomplished
its work it descended to the depths of its own free
will, there to secure the peace and repose it sought.
The certainly gets good paper and type, which the
Spectator asserts cannot be given for a penny ; in-
deed are not always given for 3d., while well worth
the difference to the public.

The long and interesting Report of Commissioner
D. A. Wells could not be given in this issue without an_
other Supplement, and we are compelled therefore to re-
terve it for next week. when its contents will be detailed,
though not quite in full. Indeed nothing less than a large
volume could hold all the Reports sent to Congress iu its
December Session, and we have done our best to furnish
our readers with the most important. The subjects dis-
cussed by the Special Commissioner are the cost of the
war—our national wealth—hindrances to national develop-
ment the poor growing poorer—tariff and currency—our
currency excessive—specie payments—the surplus revenue
sound doctrine on the tariff—the copper monopoly—
pig•-iron plunder —specific reductions recommended—plan
of a tariff for revenue and protection—and general sum-
mary of the Repert. The Nos. 218, 219, 220, and 221
of this newspaper contain these Reports, and a few copies
remain, which can ba furnished on application to 15,
Catherine-street, Strand, London.