New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-01

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will diminish banking capital and the facilities
that now exist for discount revival OF ousl-
ness will DO almost impossible If bank credits
are thus reduced. As is pointed out In the re-
port of the Committee OF the Clearinghouse
p new and serious obstacle to the resumption
of specie payment will also be among the re-
suits.
IT. II creditable to the German police that
they are inquiring actively INTO Thomassen's
misdecds, and are thus enabling steamship
owners to guard against disasters similar to
that at Bremerhaven. 1t is Cyide0t that they
are convinced that he was capable of the bascst
villainy. This accounts for their suspectlng
him of causing the loss of tho Boston, upon
evidence which is at best very light. The con-
duct of Thomassen is, however. not lncXpllca-
bic, since fire insurance companies have often
had to deal with attempts a. fraud as IntIl-
cato and systematic as he tried 20 perpetrate
on the marine underwriters.
It is not at all credtablc to Us as nation
that our capital is inferior 10 most other cities
in civilized clmes in respect to hcaIthiulness'
The sanitary science of the day is fully com
petent to meet all the intrinsic difficulties OF
The situation. Competent, skillfdl engineering
could drain the soil eifectually. The money that
has been spent i'll Improvements there II Wisely
outlaid. was ample to make Washington one OF
the healthiest as well as one of the handSOmeSt
cities on the continent. How far the results
have fallen short of this is plainly shown IN
our correspondence. NewYoTk has not much
TO boast of in this particular, but 1t IA at least
not quite so unfortunate "a the District oil
Columbia.
That the scamen of our port have been
greatly benefited by the workings of the
United States Shipping Commission, is very
clearly shown in the details of Capt. Duncan's
fourth annual report Whether the Commits
sion could not have been managed with less
friction between it and our shipowners, does
not so fully appear. The report calls attention
TO q subject that needs prompt consideration:
the fact that American vessels, particularly
steamships. carry insufficient crews a Plim-
soil is evidently needed on this side of the
Atlantic for the safety Of passengers "a well
az of crews, when, as is stated, q steamship OF
1.20O tons can sail from this port for the West
Indies with only three scamcn on board beside
the officers.
We shall publish as soon ~ it can be carried
through the press an Index of THE TRIBUNE
for the past twelve months which was COM
pleted yesterday, and Goeg to the printers on
Monday. 1t will be issued in a pamphlet OF
the same size and general appearance with
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC. 1t gives alpha
bctical references TO every subject men
toned cditorially or in the news col
umns of The TRIBUNE during the
past twelve months and is believed to be the
most thorough and complete gido to the
events of any year ever published Immediately
after its close. The Index viii be invaluable
TO all who preserve files of TN 1GiBUNE, and
to all libraries We think there are tho@
sands OF our readers who VIII find 1t
a convenience even if they are without
the files, since it viii always enable them
TO ascertain exactly where they can put their
hands on a needed piece of information. while
the nearest library containing the files VIII
furnish the opportunity for getting 1t. The
Index will be published within few
weeks and orders will be filled accord
ing TO the date of their receipt,
price 25 cents per single copy, or five for one
dollar, postpaid. Another edition of it will he
issued. bound with TIE TRIBUNE ALMAHAC
for the year, the whole to be sold for 10 cents.
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