The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-11-02
Letter from W0shingfOn.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October %, 1872
Never before in political history has the Nation s
Capital been devoid of political contest present
1t is now become almost impossible to find a man in
enough to believe tina Greeley and Brown will be
elected. Among those who only few weeks since had
hoped that the Tammany ring would strive hard 20
carry New York, Greeleys own State,l many dis
heartened, and say that You Grant folks have it all
your own way" New Jersey and Indiana are lost, the
Greeleyites say, beyond peradve and Maine Is
900 New Hampshire from 5000 to 5000; Massachu.
sets and Vermont overwhelmingly Republican Con
necticut, nothing to say,1 and Rhode Island, little
Rhody } but little can be expected of her.
OF the Southern States, which have been considered
the Greeley stronghold great the apathy to crOU
among the straightouts there since the October cleo
tIons that Georgia and Kentucky considered
by doubtful. North and South Carolina, Florida
Georgia Alabama, Mississippi Arkansas and Virginia
with, perhaps, the exception of one of them,
sidered safe for Grant and Wilson.
The recently published Red Book of Austria contain
the text of Prince Bismarks dispatch April g. 1872
in relation to the action of the Austro-H hungarian
Government upon the proposition of FIR for modi
cation of the Franco ustran treaty of Navigation
December H. 1866 and of tariff of the Treaty of Com
of the date. The following synopsis of the
dispatch furnished by Mr. Elliott Acting Chief the
Bureau of Statistics.
The German Chancellor expresses his warm interest
in the communication wherein Austria announced that
she had for general rather than from consdera
tons affecting her interests declined accede
the French proposition. He regards this action of the
Austro Hungarian government Of great value to Ger
many, and other European States for the that
the treaties which France in this case proposes to
modify continue in force till 1876 longer period than
the similar treaties of France with any other country
have to So long these treaties with Austria
in force the rights therein guaranteed that power
will be enjoyed by all countries which entitled to
be treated by France the footing the most
favored nation,
These treaties were part of a liberal commercial sys-
tenn which France had had the credit of initiating II
the present retrograde movement ofha country should
result in restoring the distractions freedom of
mercal intercourse which had been swept away, new
industrial interests based those very distractions
would soon appear, and these would prevent a return
to liberal commercial policy 1T is therefore" says
the Chancellor 1.-THE common interest of all the Euro
pean States that the Commercial treaties concluded by
France at former period shall remain in force till public
opinion in France has overcome the prevailing in
clination in favor of protective tariff 1t is
to be looked fortunate crcums for the COM
mercial development of Europe that the Government
the state to which the present situation has
decisive an influence the policocommercia develop.
ment of Europe clearly recognizes the obligation this
situation enforces. and is ready to discharge it,"
The New York Financial Chronicle in review Of the
atrikes in New York city figures
~ ssaggv Of $1O, 1872 900 enehalf of which ii
estimates falls upon the capitalist and the remainder
upon the workman Nor is this all the general loss
the community from the enforced ideness of both CAPT
tai and labor not be estimated The restriction OF
employ by driving capitalists out of business
another element that will be keeny felt during the com
ing winter. but cannot be expressed in figures. The
employers have depleted their bank deposits while the
aborers have also drawn heavily upon their Saving
bank deposits. Thus their Accommodations of capital
have been absorbed meet temporary necessities
longer available for business enterprise The
strike system is species of social phlebotomy which
fearfully affects the whole body polite. 1t has never vel
succeeded in beneGting those engaged in it, The true
remedy for this social difficulty which causes these
strikes is for the workmen to band together, and be
associated employers. Then they will see both
tween employers and employees will have much mar
rover scope of action LIFE.