Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-08

SSahdokSO -
United States, under the now we'll
known " starssnd Stripes" is covering
every SEES, and competing, in all direc-
tons, with the enterprise of England.
Much has been done, but moro remains
to be accomplished. The trade between
Naples and Sicily and this country 10
very great. In particular, Sicily has
large dealings with US. From Naples,
the supply Of %msccaroni, vsrmicslli, and
fruit, is considerable, but the more
abundant resources Of sioil, yield far
larger supplies. The fruit trade of that
island is immense, and our draft upon
it not only large but constant, and even
increasing. It is capable Of extension
and improvement, as what We receive,
and highly value, may be called shrub
fruit, the fruit Of trees being almost neg
lscted. Then there 10 made in Sicily q
wine vastly superior to most of the (so.
callsd) Sherry imported into this eoun.
try-which mostly is made of the French
wine called Cstte, colorsd with burnt
sugar, and receiving" body F" from what
is called "French brandy" but really
is a spirit distilled from potatoes. When
less Of the coloring is used, and q nutty
flavor is srtiicially given to it, the
compound is passed off as Amontillado
Sherry, though not a drop of it ever
was made in Spain. On the contrary,
MARSHA, which is produced in large
quantities in Sicily, is a sound and pure
wine, as yet, and can DO produced to
almost any extent. 1t Is better than
ssven.tsnths Of the Spanish Sherry ! 10
80 wholesome that in 1902 Lord Nelson
adopted it instead of rum as the drink
of the British feet in the Mediterranean,
and is fifty per cent. cheaper than what
is now consumed by US a. Sherry from
Spain. Its consumption in the United
States 10 large, and on tho increast.
The misfortune is, 1t is not sold %
Marsals, at low price, but -
Sherry, which il much dearsr. From
Sicily, too, most of the sulphur usedin
this country is obtained. The sulphur
beds are q mine Of wealth. At present,
$40 pits are open, and the annual yield
has been about Ice, 900 tons. In 1867,
as much as ls7, 900 tons were exported.
The sulphurifsrous soil of Sicily extends
over the whole island, from Mount Btna,
in the east, to Trapani, near the wine
district of MARSHA, in the west. The
sulphur is found in layers Of minute
crystals alternating with cslearsous de-
posts. The principal csntsrs Of produc-
ton are Caltanisstta, A~grigentum, Pa
lermo, Catania and Trapani.
There has just been established a joint
stock company, with a large paid up
capital, for the purpose of forming q
weekly line Of FIRST class steam vessels
from Naples to New York, taking in and
discbarging freight at Messina and Pa
lermo. %Railwayism, which 10 rapidly
extending throughout Sicily, will also
give a fresh impulse to trade, and
largely aid the development Of the
Astounding resources of what once was
known as the granary Of Europe. There
10 a dark side to this subject, however.
The enterprise which is intended to
augment the trade between the United
States and what was the Kingdom Of
the Two Sicilios" (until Garibaldi
ousted the Bourbons in ls6o-6l), is not
American. On the contrary, as with
the various mail steam lines from New
York to England, Germany and France,
the persons interested in the new feet
are British capitalists. 1t would seem
as if Q business CrGsus of New York
prefers specializing on raising or lower
ing the price Of gold among the bulls
and bears Of Wall street, to promising
Investments in legitimate business.
Were their wealth properly used, every
mail steamer from New York to Europe
would DO American built and American
owned. Instead Of that, our rich men
gamble, and English capitalists trade
aud gain.