New-York tribune., 1874-01-02
CURRENT DISCUSSION
A SUGGESTION To COLLEGES.
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From TIE Boston Journal
Princeton undergraduates, In letter to
The NEW YORK TRIBUNE, makes a suggestion which
to be worthy Of some attention. His propo-
siton n that there should be series OF iGte,coeslae
There 10 nothing ia it certainly which would dscourage
the college regattas or the other trials OF Drawn aud
muscle The plan ia addition, not substitute. To
those who have regard for the eternal fitness OF
things" it must seem quite as appropriate for the
students of colleges to engage IN "A friendly rivalry
with books and brains as with the bat aud oar III our
colleges universities founded for the purposes OF
mental culture u not undesirable thing surely TO
bring the products Of this culture together that
people will be able to determine what the colleges
doing for young men, and what they, in turn axe
likely To do for tue country.
SOME INDUSTRIAL FEATURES OF THE SOUTH.
from fhs SpriHgiH Republican.
Mr.. Edward King, the wel-knOwn journalist
5 r i IN rcy ccrt paTs of V wre to- Tf
TRIBUNE 70 make 10 known. The sn-eOtton" counties
cotton, suffering extremely by the lack OF capital
aud dyersl1cd industry, and, IN many families Tor
food itself This confirms the statements appearing oc
casonIy in tue commercial papers AS 10 the rulnous
extent to which the planters have been Obliged To mort
gage their crops Great Plumbers leaving the state
there is general depression IN business and shrink
age IN the value OF real estate The true remedy Is OF
raise enough to feed Themselves and invest their saw
1S IN home industries ri no II & 52hfTI SP1l no w0a a
profit WELL but oe doing missionary work.
BARON SCHwARz ON THE CENTENNIAL.
from Ih> Patld, 'yhtl lrss
A correspondent of THE NEw-YoRK TRIB-
interview with Baron SchwaTz-Senborn, the man who
inspired organized, and managed the international
of all the Worlds Fairs, having been
commissioner TO several OF them, and was therefore.
thoroughly equipped for the immense undertaking,
which lie seems to have shouldered almost entirely and
which he carried through to triumphant success IN
practical experience renders him more perfectly
familiar with all the details OF such expositlons than
any man I'm Europe. His opinions aud SUGGESTIONS CON
cerning the Centennial are therefore worthy our most
careful consideration.
THE SOUTH AND IFS NEEDS.
From The AHgusd (Gd.) ChrCHt'h aHd SaH.
Under this heading will be found, IN another
column, editorial article taken from TnG NEw-YoRk
TRIBUNE The views presented BY the writer are by no
novel they have before been presented
by the abest men and leading journals OF tine South
that the people OF the North removed aud having
but lltte III common recognize the causes wlch 50 Sc
nousy retard the growth OF our ro;perity 400 macn
little for Southern factories 90 long as the planters
persist n growing cotton ana I'm IN buying eyeFyans t6
pillar and the money-londer."
ALUNATIC ON FINANCE
IRON, Inc Troy 4.0sks
There is a lunatic in New-York named Eu-
gene Beebe who writes to The TRIBUNE to say that
quent low rate OF interest, tic country Will grow IN
wealth to meet the expansion or the currency aud we
Will soon be able TO crown the pyramid with an apex o,
thing about 1t is total lack OF common sense BY tue
telescope larger than that Of LORD Rose
would be needed to discern the apex OF gold a6ont
which the enthusiastic Beeoe rhapSod!Zes IL would Mt
be bigger than the head Of PIN
PICKINGs AND sIfALINGs.
From The Nashville Union dad ADaerionn. .
Some damaging revelations are made In the
Washington letters TO THE NEw-YoRR TRIBUNE repro
duced else where, not only IN regard TO
Williams, but other members OF Grants Cabinet, as well
management. Aud the outrageous extravagances ex-
posed these letters are the Invention OF the present
and these letters give idea or the econ
omy he and his subordinates are practeins