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MEMPHIS APPEAL
FRIDAY. :: OCTOBER Is, 1915.

BY virtue o. 81 agreement between
Presidents Vanderbilt, Scott and jew
cit. 10 which Nj Garrett Is understood
also 10 assent, the rate Of fourth-cla-s
eastward freight from the west has been
raised five cents per one hundred
pounds, and orders have been issued Dy
the resi- ective roads that under no pr"
tense will lower rates be accepted Than
those fixed from time TO time. Ii Is H.
timatei that a still further advance will
be made at the close Of navigation,
though TO what extent We have no
means of judging. Commenting on
this, the New York Bulletin says IL has
little faith in comPacts between com
peting Companies; for experience mas
shown that they are respected only SO
long as il may suit the convenience OF
all the parties to it, which generally
proves 10 be for but very short time.
In the present instance, however, there
are unusually strong reasons why the
trunk roads should hold TO their agree
ment as long SIS possible. The roads
have been running for several months
at rates which certainly do not pay, and
which have involved some of them in
very serious losses. AT the late rate OF
earnings 'dividendssmust be impaired OF
discontinued and the Erie, and perhaps
also Lake Shore, could hardly escape
serious financial difficulties. The mo-
tives for the companies. holding together
in an agreement Of this kind are there
fore in this case peculiarly urgent; and
there can be little doubt that some
measure Of advance willlbeeome perma-
nent. In the case Of the Charleston
railroad, of which much complaint has
been made through the col
umns of the APPEAL, it has
been found absolutely necessary to ad-
vance the rates in order TO prevent the
road, with its franchises, belongings
and attachments, from passing into the
hands Of the 1irst-mOrtgsge bond
holders. In conversation with
President Wilson q few days ago this
fact was revealed to us, that gentleman
asserting that in speech at Huntsville,
before the stockholders, he notified
those gentlemen that such was the status
OF affairs. There can be no doubt thai
the genera business OF the country il
getting down to the point OF ''psy as
you 60" and that railroads, like indi'
viduals, viii have to come to it or g
under in hankruptcy and ruin. Mr.
Wilson, MI. M'Ghee and Mr.. Napoleon
HilI-tne latter one Of our most reputs
BILE and wealthy merchants-assert sddi
tionally that it is the fixed policy Of the
Charleston railroad to induce trade tC
Memphis, and that at competing points
it will allow no other railroad to-beat il
ia terms. 1t looks to terminating all it,
lsbors here, satisfied as its conductor;
are, that whatever inures to the profit
OF Memphis must, as a consequence
help it, This is bnth a just and gener.
Gus, as well as sensible policy, that al
fair-minded and candid men will indOrst
and applaud.
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A STATEMENT yesterday appeared in
our report Of the proceedings Of the
general council which, though correctly
reported, places Alderman Hillsman, of
the seventh ward, in a position ne is
unwilling to occupy longer than con-
tradictiOn can reach the public. He is
in that report placed in the attitude OF
opposing the Charleston railroad on
personal grounds, whereas it was on
purely public grounds, being anxious
only to hold the company to its con-
tract with the city, with view to
answering the petition and desires of
leading property-holders on Adams and
Washington streets. He was misun.
derstood by Councilman Moores, who
asserted to US that MIR. Hillsman was en-
titled to the disclaimer which this para
graph is written to make. Alderman
Hillsmsn does not want to be misun.
stood, and he will not be any longer by
those who read this.
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Mr.. WENDELL PHILLIPS reply to
Ex-senator Schurz's reply to him will
be found in another column. 1t is en-
coursgiDg reading just at this time,
when 30 many are disposed to concede
the currency question settled by the
Ohio defeat. 1t has not often been
given the APPEAL to agree with Mr..
Phillips; we therefore embrace the oe-
casion offered by this letter, which
throws additional light upon question
which the more it is grgued strengthens
the great body Of the people that in this
country there should not be anything
like a bondOcracy, nor any other
ocracy" inimical to the interests OF
the great body Of the people.
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Elk GOVERNOR HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF New YOuk, wrote as follows in let
ter decliniI an invitation to attend the
Georgia State fair: "In five years from
this time the census will show our num-
beTs to be more THAI fifty millions. The
day, then, is dswning when the lands
Of the south will be greatly lifted up in
value. have given much time and
thought TO the agricultural condition Of
the United States. l have travelled ex-
tensively, and l have examined with
care into the industrial interests of all
sections, AID / am confident that here
after the south will get q large and
growing share OF those VINO are seeking
new homes either from Europe or from
the older States of the Union. This
hoOd-ride will bear with it wealth and
varied Industries. ! pray for the day
when the south shall De prosperous in all
It's Pur, uits, for until it il so there can be
no assured Dervading welfare Ia other
sections Ol cur UuiOu.n These are the
words Of statesman, aud should be
Pondered by the people Of the north
lesgued with the Radicals for purposes
inlmicsl to our welfare and well-doing.
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supply, and the factors report that
twice their large receipts would not
have met the demand. We join the
Lynchburg Republican in congratulate
ing the "city 10y the Sea" on her mag
nificeut prospects as cotton market,
and hope her citizens interested in the
maintenance Of that road will see to it
that the Great Southern railroad line is
neither thwarte nor interfered with in
any efforts it may make to edd to the
Norfolk cotton trade. Memphis is with
Norfolk on that line.
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The Cincinnati Gazette has encoun-
tered the last Dent case, and relieves
itself in this sad way: General Grants
usual luck In his relations turns up in
this gass again in the revelation that
Judge Lewis Dent, one of his brothers.
in-law, and 'attorney'-as they Call
such prOcurers in Wsshington-who
hswked nis influence with his brother
in-lsw, Lad osrgained for one-eighth OF
the profits of the agency in case Clews
got it. The thing has not a ssvory
havnr y
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UNDERTAKE Err
$40 MAZE ST., Op. Peabody Hotel.

Always on hand, large assortment Of Me-
taIllc Cases and Caskets and Wood Coftins OF
every desert ption.
Gases phiD ped G. o D.
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SALE OF SECURITIES.
Friday, October Is, 1875,

VNHE undersigned will offer at public sale, at
the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, on
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THE cOmmi e char ged by the legis-
lstuFe OF Peunsy lvsDia with an investi-
CATION OF the alleged mslfeasaDce and
corruption OF certain State officials, has
adjourned t. Monday With ut coming
t. auy conclusion.
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MEMPHIS wants a railroad to Kansas
City, and branch t. Shreveport con-
Meeting with the Southern Pacific rail-
rosd Only that and nothing more.
We desire to Keep this standing before
our people as something 10 work for IN
til both are accomp ished.
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R, S. JONES. W. n. BROWN
JONES, BROWN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
General Commission Merchants,

2bb EfDnI SIFteiI hkN bVIhEHs HVHaa'
A Ii Cotton consigned Ia Us insured, unless
"A OF herwise instructed. Liberal cash ad-
yances made on consign n1ezts. Bagglng, Ties
and Plantation Supplies 20 rnished at Lowest
Market Price. sepI-dW
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for grimy apartment in . New York

for grimy apartment in . New York
tenement house, in some Five Points or
Seventh avenue section, will give him his own
home in Philadelphia. One Of the glories Of
Philadelp hia-which makes it truly the Home
City-is the almost endless line Of small
houses which one sees in the outlying sub
urbs There is no reason why we should not
have the same in New York. There is no part
Of Philadelphia or in the country around tito
compare in beauty with Westchester, Staten
Island or the region beyond Brooklyn. There
are no such views of sea and mountain, rock
and forest and stream. Long Island Sound,
the Bay, the Hudson, the Kill Won Kull, the
Palisades the Harlem-what are they but so
many panoramas of beauty, which are neither
possessed by Philadelphia nor by any city in
the Union Here there should be homes for
million of workingmen, and within easy and
constant access to the Battery. If our contriv.
ing statesmen in Albany would only 'cease then
damnable faces and begin" the real work OF
craftsmanship all this country could be thrown
open to the workingmen. This would result
from broad and generous system Of rapid
transit. Let US have steam railway from the
Battery to the Harlem, the completion of the
Brooklyn Bridge and the opening of the tun-
mel under the Hudson. Let us have rapid
steam transit into Westchester, Long Island
and New Jersey. This would solve the prob
lem-the sorsst problem now connected with
the prosperity of New York Then would
New York become what Philadelphia and
other cities are to-day-the city of the Poor
Mans Home.
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The sea which divides also unites In
ancient times the command of the ocean gave
power to nations, for then commerce was
almost entirely question Of transporta-
ton by water. In war time victory was
decided by the strength of navies. Thus
England was for centuries the ruler of the
world because Of the superiority and the en-
terprise of her sailors. But a change has
come over the world. The invention OF steam
makes railroads more useful than canals, and
the ship is superseded by the locomotive
engine. The Union Pacific Railroad controls
the trade of continent and the passage
around Cape Horn has become almost as OBJ
solete as the voyages of Captain Cook or the
discoveries of Magellan.
STILL in spite of this enormous value of the
railroad 10 civilization and commerce, the
ocean still plays its part in the worlds affairs.
The wisdom of the great engineering feat of
cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Suez
has been fully indicated by its results. Eng
land has profted more than France by the
speedy communication it affords Europe with
India. The commerce of the world has been
benefited by the new means of transit. 1t is
not strange that the United States govern
ment, in view of this success, should be de-
sirous to emulate it by cutting canal through
the Isthmus of Darien. But it should Lot be
forgotten that the confgurations of the CONT
nents make vast difference in the situation.
The Suez Canal is more valuable to Europe
than the Darien Canal can be to America. We
have-what Europe has not-direct railroad
communication over the Continent from
ocean to ocean above the fortieth
degree of latitude, and through o ter
ritory subject to but one government.
Because OF her rival and jealous nationalities
the railroad system of Europe does not pos
sess the same security nor offer equal advan-
tages to the commerce of the world. There
fore, we must not imagine that the Nicaraguan
Canal is as important to America as the Suez
Canal is to Europe. The conditions are al
together different.
But there is no doubt that the Pacific
and Atlantic oceans will be ultimately
joined by canal upon one OF the
lines through the Isthmus of Darien which
have been surveyed under the authority
of the government. The railroad cannot
stop the canal The thorough report we
present to-day of the results of the United
States surveying expedition, which arrived at
this city yesterday, will, therefore, be re-
ceived with deep interest. 1t explains the adj
vantages of the different plans proposed,
especially Of the Nicaragua and Panama
ro,,tav opd 4houoh there is LITTLE prnbabilitv
that the work will be begun soon, it is well to
have the facts fully presented for the consid-
Grafton Of the public.
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The Beautiful snow.

Come, gentle SPRING. ethereal Mildness, comet
Spring has come, with its buds and flowers,
ard snow and hail, and umbrellas and pneu-
monia, and many other things, some of which
the poets have mentioned, and others which
they have been careful to omit. This charm
ing season of the year, with its crocuses and
violet beds, does more to encourage the sale
put together. Anybody can 90 out and buy
q beautiful bouquet in spring, price ten cents
a rose impaled on a wire, with geranium
leaf to sympathize with It's misfortunes-but
what is the use OF a rose if you cannot smell
it? Flowers are wasted upon o pretty girl
who happens to have cold in the nose.
Why should we 60 look for daffodils
in fields Of snow, or wander by
the silvery stream with an umbrella2
There is something apparently homogeneous
in reclining upon beds of violet blue, or half
blown roses washed with dew, in an Ulster
to the pleasures Of spring must put his feet
in hot water bath at night and put on q
mustard plaster in the morning. When we
sing Of Spripg-beautitul Spring lit is
we'll to clear the throat with Browns
bronchial troches The dandelion is delight-
full as flower, but it is more valuable as
gargle.
Spring reminds US Of politician. 1t has
every quality that is required for success in
politics. II is rich in promise and poor in
performance. Trusting to its smiling face we
lay aside the garments Of winter and appear in
what the ironical tailors call spring suits.
The skies are blue, the sea is calm, warm
breezes blow from the South and the sunlight
is bright and warm. The butterfly makes its
appearance and The wasp crawls out of
its nest under the window-sill. Where is the
butterfly the next day? The unfortunate
insect has persisted in the effort to extract
honey from an icicle while the wasp, like
Death, has lost its sting. The flower
girls get up corner in bouquets,
and the doctors consult privately with
the druggists The voice OF the hilarious
undertaken is heard in the land, and he
snorteth like the steed who hears the sound Of
the trumpet affair. The disguised fly returns
to his cave and the snowbrds turn back from
their useless journey to the North. Nature,
about this time, discovers that she is a
fraud. She is conscious that while she is
successful in getting up winter she disgraces
herself in attempting to produce a decent
spring, and suffers the modification of know
ing that everybody agrees with the opinion
These arc conclusions which were forced upon
us by the experience Of yesterday. We have
lost all confidence in spring, and intend here
after to rcposc our faith in nothing but gum
shoes and umbrellas.
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Dead at Last.

The election in Connecticut has determined
one fact-that the third term agitation is at
en- end. Those who believed in this as q
sensation or a phantom, or jest, or o
GINNING contrivance of the New YORK
HERALD to control the republican party, may
now breathe freely. After tho vote in Con-
necticut the question is not whether General
Grant shall have a third term but whether
ANYBODY the republicans nominate shall have
a first term. For ourselves we congratulate
the country that it has passed out of American
politics Those of our public men who be-
lieved il had no life did not read clearly the
signs Of the times. If any one thing was
more certain than another in the drift of
political events il was that President Grant,
through those who surrounded him, controlled
his Judgment and moulded his actions, moved
steadily on to q crisis in political affairs that
could mean nothing but third term As it
is now we question whether the administra-
ton has power enough even to control the
conventions and name the successor to Presi-
dent Grant. Certain republicans who train
behind Blaine and Hoar and Foster will
gather new strength from protesting Grant
has shown himself unable to carry the repub-
lican party The question now is whether
the republican party will insist upon carrying
Grant, and in doing SO go with him into utter
and irretriovable ruin.
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cheap Homes and Rapld Transit.

Cheap Homes and Rapid Transit.
There are some interesting facts to be
learned from the census returns, so far as our
cities are concerned. New York, in 1870, was
first in the list Of cities returning popula-
ton Of go, 292. This population was divided
into 1856, 7S9 families. These families were
lodged in 64, OLA dwellings. Brooklyn had
80, 066 families, multiplied into population
Of nearly 400, 600, and housed in 1884 dwell
ings. Philadelphia was conceded 647000 in
habitants, representing 127, TAG families, living
in 10, 366 houses. Now, although Philadel-
phia returns nearly sixty thousand less fami-
lies than New York she has nearly fifty thou
sard more houses. In other words, New York
has nearly fifteen inhabitants for every house,
while Philadelphia has only six inhabitants to
each house. There is none of our large cities
which shows this proportion but Philadelphia.
New Orleans and San Francisco are little
better of, and 50 is Washington. But the one
fact stands out emphatic and suggestive, that
philadelphia is the City of Poor Mems Homes.
So New York might be if we had rapid
transit. In Brooklyn and Jersey City there
are between Cl3lb anu nine ptIaOIs w u houoC.
In Newark the number is smaller even. New
York is almost entirely surrounded by water.
The channels Of growth are narrowed by
rivers-not easily crossed at any time and in
winter apt to suddenly choke with ice.
Consequently New York cannot become the
city OF homes. We are compelled to pack
our people closely. We are trying to make a
shift after the French fashion with apartment
houses, but the American somehow likes to
be master Of his own doorstep. Our laboring
people are driven into forbidding and un-
wholesome quarters, where the sun rarely
comcs-where dirt and typhus have sway.
As consequence Philadelphia invites the
very class which New York repels-the very
class upon which the true greatness of all
cities rests. Capitalists who have large manu-
featuring interests prefer to conduct them In
Philadelphia. They say that labor is cheaper
and of surer and higher quality. In Phila-
delphia The blacksmith or the weaver at once
anchors himself into o home. II IS small
1 enough, to be sure, but he has all the modern
comfoI light, air, water and sunshine. lie
has tree schools around the corner for
his children. All this comes within MS
earnings. The money he would pay
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SOME or THE LONDON EDITORS are to be
summoned before the bar Of the House Of
Commons to answer for breach Of privilege
in publishing news. They are not likely to
get the worst Of the dispute, as the news ap-
pears TO have been furnished by Parliament
Ary committee.
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harvested in July and August But If the
harvest should be as abundant as there is rea-
son 10 hope the dawn which now begins to
appear win brighten into clear day in the
autumn months. 1t is in anticipation of this
that the New England mills are coming again
into full activity, the fabrics they turn out
during the next three months being, of
course, intended to supply the fall trade.
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CHEAP TRANSPORTATION is equally important
to the interests Of tho West and the East, and
the proceedings Of the association whose OBJ
ject is to bring about that result are Of
interest to large class Of business men. The
excessive charges on the carrying Of grain
are especially onerous upon our merchants,
and the public ultimately is required to
assume the burden. The Western producers
should see that it is to their interest to emu
late the enterprise shown in New York in
combating the monopoles OF the railroad
comuanies
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The SoUTH has naturally no ordinary in
terest in the Centennial celebration, for il
offers an occasion not only for the display Of
the resources Of that portion Of the country,
but for the evidence of its patriotism. Our
correspondence from Mississippi and Georgia
indicates the interest which the Southern
people take in our national anniversary. It
is unfortunate that the Southern States are
too poor to give much pecuniary help to the
enterprise, but we trust that By next year they
will make important contributions Of their
productions. We cannot leave the South out
of the Centennial without some discredit to
the policy the North has pursued since the
war.
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IF ENGLAND should recede from her agree
ment with the other Powers as made in the
Declaration Of Paris in 1856 it would have an
important influence upon the stability Of Eu-
ropean treaties. motion to this effect was
rejected in the House of Commons yesterday
by majority which shows that Parliament
understands the danger Of such q step.
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THE MINERS The necessity Of sending
the troops to the region OF tie disturbances in
Pennsylvania is justified by the events Of yes
terday. Disorderly parties Of miners came into
collision with the troops, and have been re-
pulsed in their attempts to break through the
picket lines the military did not provoke
this outbreak, but their presence has probably
prevented more serious disorders.
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The EMIGRATION COMMISSION yesterday held
. meeting and discussed the financial embar-
rassments which prevent il from fulfilling its
objects. 1t was finally determined to take
steps toward obtaining from the State the
necessary assistance.
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TEE PoFE did not appeal to the Emperor
Of Austria for the protection Of the Church,
as the cable asserted. These reports are sim
gularly contradictory, ani il would be well to
examine them more carefully before circulat-
ing them over the world.
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WALL STREET YESTERDAY. Stocks were ir-
regular, government bonds steady foreign
exchange firm and money abundant on call.
Gold closed at 115s.
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From or reports this morning The probabilities
are hat to-doythere ,cH be light snors toLotOed By
Iedring and cool ueGther.
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRIEToR
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. and
after January /. 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the New YonK HERALD will be
cent free Of postage
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THE GOVERNOR has had an interesting con-
versarion upon the canal reforms with mem
Der Of the Produce Exchange, and has again
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TRIPLE S HE f 7.

NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. APRIL il. 1878.
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asserted his determination to enforce honest
and intelligent management. The latest de-
velopments Of the matter VIII be found fully
stated in our Albany letter.
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
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