New-York tribune., 1874-08-01

the present moment the masses who yesterday were
desperate with hunger live month or 80 on the re-
suits OF their geanngs During the 10 OF IL days that
this lasts with three children will have
CLEANED a couple Of sacks OF corn by working
almost without food for the daily wage ceasng the
daily ratons cease aso from NJ Till darK' Tue hoo
tide hours excepted and the get better wages Tor
reapng and threshng than at other seasons Inc as'
day they CLEAN gatuitOusly for lie Signore-the LORD
represented the parish priest pay for mass to the
Madonna for her goodness in ntercedng with her son
TO send good harvess. then they Will resume their Or
dinary toll, thresh their at night, and when tine
miller. with the excuse Of the grinding TAX nas
mulcted them Of about one-tenth OF tneH
little stock, will make and bake their white
bread the luxury OF their lives sell the bran II roo
poor to buy back keep a pig. and probably pay Tor
more masses to induce the Madonna 20 send ram Tor the
maze crops and keep the vines from disease
The skworms have conducted themselves well on the
whole but the price OF did attain 10 two
thirds and In many districts 10 half OF last years
prices The silk trade owing 20 many natural causes IL
altogether In very cyca state With the fall Of the
second empire the Haunting luxury Of the capital OF fash
ion has in some declined and even If fashions
had not changed crops and increased prices
OF food necessarily limited the pin money OF the female
members of the community. Already the manufacturers
or Lombardy and Piedmont and Central Italy had a
large stock ofraw silk hand yet the brokers purchased
the cocoons OF fabulous prces-61 g. even 10
cents gold pound whereas "A cents pound for the
finest article is considered high price During the nine
months previous 70 December the holders Of sk did not
materially diminish their prices, aud scarcely any
failures occurred may be inferred that their
are abundant The reeling twisting and winding fac
tories either suspended operations worked half time,
and the misery among the operatives was intense All
waited 70 what the prospects Of 1874 would be- and
as the normal Winter promised fair yield OF leaves and
last years high prices encouraged 20 purchase an
aztllx
crop would far exceed that of 1873 Consequently during
the first quarter-January TO Aprthe price OF raw silk
fell 20 and per 1t increased t2 per cent during
the intense cold and heavy rains O May but the pur-
chases we're limited. "Cassics" which IN normal times
fetch 50 per pound we're sold te end Of May for
81 60 and 81. Seconds instead Of e, fetched 81 90
Naturally this gut in the market affected the price
Of The crop Of The fortunate rearers who
had sold their crops beforehand at fixed price. with
promise Of a premium above the medium market price
for superior qualities obtained from 3j to 40 cents per
pound but 2G aud u the general medium price
OF the On the whole 1874 exceeds 1873 40 per cent
in quantity hut the quality, 20 the cold OF the
first period followed by intense heat s vastly inferior.
Doubles, that IT, cocoons formed by twO worms are
abundant, and these only De converted into sewing
silk; rust. which renders the reeng difficult. is also
prevalent. Hence the calculation that whereas 100
pounds Of raws yielded in 10 OF rOyaP first qua
ty 20 OF second quality, and 10 OF refuse in 1874 100
pounds OF rlws yielded 81 pounds OF royal first qual
Ity. % of second, and 90 of refuse.
The safe OF Milan, which is the best paper in italy foI
industrial. commercial and agricultural purposes
speaks hopefully to-day rcvivng prospects OF the
silk trade It's reports the wheat crops confirm the
good news The old grain stored by too greedy specuia
fluids purchasers aud even the fresh corn quot
ed as low sj per sack purchased only for lmme
date necessity prices expected to fall still fur
Their Maz, which s. iO s. aud - 80 saci
a month since. is quoted - 80 in Milan $ 40 al
Udine and here in the Pocsine AZ 81 60
The dissolution OF the Chamber now regarded ~
certain. The projects who June adviser the Ministry
TO avold an appeal 70 the country account OF IN,
bread riots ana the general discomfort report more
ldVorabiv NusiIctI who Is sl at Florence ana Mods
daily interviews with politicians and economists IS sald
20 be meditating radical reforms. Tie Catholics arr
divided IN their opinions 10 the dtvsdpihy Ot tailul
part IN rAs Pope dlaapprnycs tuIiy Ile
OsserrrtOre RouD the faithful with the cen
.ures or the Church the other Catholic organs ID
cne 10 take part. Il the municipal elections genera'
Moderdtes and Liberal, make cOmmOn cause against tt
Ccura.s. oar dst letter from CdprcrI d-pels al iit
frar- about dribald- health raised 10y certain journal
is. 90 ucreas, Of their papers The dear Old
O. neral is well and cLesrtIl. lis new novel ImLe l.
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