The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-24

The Yhlk k&1OO0n VHaOe OF 0Wltxerl0H0.
STATISTICS OF rae TOWN OF BAsLB-Irs TR ABE,
POPUL ALTON AND GOvERNAgNT-AN OLIGARoar
OF wBALrH-A PLAN OF MATURING A SILK RIBBON
TRADE IN THE UNITED sTATE5--Ir5 COST AND
FIELD.
Basic Is considered the wenthisst town in the world
n relation to It's small populaon &hch to- day reaches
hardly the number Of 80 900 inhsbtsn foreigners IN
euded This wealth has bee boarded up during the last
one hundred and fifty yearssnce the introduction Of
and through the nbbon manufacture carried there.
ms town Of Bssie, with the three villages belonging to
T. forms but halt canton out Of the twenty two Of
which the Swiss Confederation is composed The govern
nent 10 olgarchic notwithstanding Its democratic ap
pssrsnce and all the power Of It resides with Of
families not BY the force Of any special law but by the
power Of their money and habits Their families
strong united ~ continued intsrmarrages aud who.
ventures to oounteract their influence lose
thsr patronage wnichis the shiet subsistence
- the little town The citizens OF BNse great church.
eosrs and epicreans; for politics they but little
ana poll days seldom nrd OF the for
word, and they willingly abandon both tho delibsrave
aud executive vi the government the Vorneh
Herreun who have every ,hirg ,neir own way.
These Vosnehmsn Herren, rataei than submit to
Ne claims Of The country people for universal suffrage
managed TO the Town from the country in order
moe TO run the risk OF having day combat union
q the free voters Of the country with the few NAL
ne ditch and walls which encompass this II tie town
are Of military still they retained and repaired
every year with great est because tnsy serve Keep
toc xwn 1an ~ oA'enslon waaca Possl0y msut
sc. me si'eAIcnic po~e5 ana wnIcn =. nocssSy woA
Eng soeus tns nIs.oea rsunD N m snu oVuy;
nus a Tno ~; " Az Az ha w 80 ~ ~ a.I
ss Dssss IN eaiocn AuoS III 'no nsnoS VI sno "osi
~ cisizens. g.
~ s.uoo Wy P.0stt ss sss 49,. " nS...~.s.- 80
49, sSsSLn "a T., ~ 80. va - .;..i a. ~
~ sio "sntons NJ Arooycs "a Sootnurn Tharosors IN.
..,,;t,.;-ns ns nj. hs- thsss,aa , w
5I. 49,, u - oa ~ . 90 a. ". t ~
~: a". =. -, h . v =; AZ .a " ra. 70
$500. ~ ayS;o.t.S ~ ~ ~ aa..tu,s ..r,a , "a
800, r".b 2issss;fct;a1 ,n" 'hary b pps thu
uiucn aone ,o., oe 'auro .y
90 not IKE TO leave their villages ana mountains ana 70
- :, ~; s .na ~, my ~ W. ~uu y.
,s a. o .h $3.50, "a " ano "
eA =. neir lnasoy N sns ol.su o'a o. . A..
rntd States the ,;k industrv ond ne to hsria Win
vn"a e.s.ss ie eih inoussry, "oo oe ~ pesla VIZ
sns msnuacfnre OK pam siK fo,ons o. Az nnas, los
- norence, 'ans.s, sans anu levan.eens. me SAM
49, WI L;h -. We n y ~ .o , go. o ~ $500, ,n
a. 4s I'LL" l,m o S Sa.y, aa ~" ou, %. =,
=. e ,. ST. - - ~ . - T. t. ga 1900 ~ =;
,s.'st-s. ro, sa l 1880 G.oHS ;Si. ~
1usSy may sa.sy y. IAPSoseu. u.ouo, ou ~ Dr.
~ sea..a ~ +a ~ No. H. th;s 100 Ala
tns ra. sih could %at ocnod hsrar IN az A.
ssns.. . M; 10 80 49,. ~ r %. p' 80 - go.
Frsncs and It.v than m The inl.nt ~
and Prussia who draw the raw Ks from foreign pa
and still are able to run down in our Arkes the
countries OF France aud ltaly.
II In we'll known that the import duty on raw silk has
hesn crested In order to encourage silk in
Virginia Now tnis scheme has proved 4 total failure
and ntn0 remans AZ IL Init the bvword II created OF the
s.o,ls ,nulnIis snec, TO-DAY nrotscon arv dut v on
this sort f raw materis il Of NO EARTHLY USE On the
conf,.rv T. ia snicidsI nre nnm ma yed In f,reyn in
u.frv and ou0ht In he ahshsd vithout and