The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17

same or next day, was throwing door wide
open to the designing to take advantage Of
this class of persons, already overwhelmed by
their numerous engagements and various
duties.
| This ruling deprives no one of his rights,
but carries out the intention of the Legisla-
ture fully. The recognition of the right of
river men to protection from the gross abuses
which may be planned against them is oppor-
tune.
Uuder the tyranny and despotism of a
decaying monarchical system, the expendi-
ture for royal parks and palaces and other
public institutions, including buildings,
| should of course be much greater than that
Of great and glorious Republic, where
economy and simplicity are the prevailing
characteristics. The New York Tribune has
been comparing the annual expenditure in
the United States and England. In the latter
overtaxed and down-trodden country the
entire expenditure of the Government
was s8,OOO,OoO, including public build
ings, ambassadors residences abroad,
harbors Of refuge, national thanks
giving, and many other miscellaneous
items. For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1874, the expenditures on private buildings
alone in the United States were $4,000, 900.
For the present year there are forty appropri-
atoms, ranging from 5000 to S1344 81 tor
public buildings. The cost of maintaining
the vast and extravagant palaces of the royal
family in England amounts to 941 ,552, raised,
Of course, by cruelty and oppression. This
includes the current expenses Of the Houses Of
Parliament. Congress appropriates an equal
sum, $685. ''for fuel. light and water, and
miscellaneous items required by janitors and
fremen in the proper care Of the public
buildings under the control Of the Treasury.
So far the economy seems to be on the other
side
From the analysis furnished by the Bureau
Of Statistics it appears that, while during the
year before last Great Britain and her colo
MES took, practically, all the wheat W hich we
had to export, last year Is per cent. Of the
wheat exported found other markets. In
1872 3 France did not appear directly as a
buyer at all Last year she took nearly two
and one-fourth millions of bushels The pur-
chases of Belgium rose, last year, from q verv |
insignificant quantity to about three and
three-fourths millions of bushels, and the |
Netherlands which, in 1872 3, bought direct
ly from the United States but little over half |
q million of bushels, appears last year as the
purchaser of over three millions. In like
the exports of wheat to Germany |
were, last year, about six times greater than
they had been in 1872 3. These figures may
be partly affected by a mere change in the
carrying trade, continental buyers having re-
ceived directly from these shores what they
we're accustomed to get after trans-shipment
in England. But they also suggest an en-
larged area of demand fol" our produce, and
IN increased ability on the part OF the Ameri-
can farmer to compete with Russian and Hun
garian growers in the markets Of Europe.
The New York Times publishes review of
The labor market Of that city, with official
records of the trades unions, Of the number
md power Of which great falling off is appa-
rent. In 1873 these associations returned
sotal membership of 44,95O men; this year
hey only report 35,765 men, a falling off
which cannot be attributed to any decrease
n the number of working men in the city.
4 careful and painstaking examination of the
whole subject gives as result the large num-
Der of 46,62O workmen outside of trades
nions; more than 1000 above the total num-
Der returned belonging to trade societies in
1873. Bad leadership has had more 10 do
With the decay Of trades unions than all other
,auses combined. The number now employed
n New York is put down at 5000, but these
epresent floating class who may be out of
work one day and busy the next.
II 10 cfofod IN cor<air thof tho Covo. |