The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14
Editorial Notes.

must stop muzzling their raw material
then.
1t only costs twelve cents per bushel
to ship wheat from San Francisco,
10, 900 miles.
In Central Georgia the annual aver
age cost per head of keeping sheep is
hity-four cents; average cost of raising
pound Of wool, ak cents.
Governor Hendricks, OF Indiana, will
be in New York on the eleventh of
June, with Mrs. Hendricks, and has
taken passage for England in the
Scythia for the thirteenth.
Complaints come from Kentucky Of
little insect that is do ng much dam
age TO the blue grass pastures. 1t is
said to resemble the slugs that appear
on rose bushes, and, although very
small, to be dreadfully yoraciOus.
The sensational story that Gen. But
Ter intends to settle in Colorado 10 said
to be founded wholly upon the fact
that as q trustee for English capitalists
he has purchased 70, 600 acres Of land
from Col. Craig, in Southern Colorado.
The New York Typographical Union
has decided not to interfere with the
scale o. prices for book and Job com
position, aud hereafter the rates will
be adjusted By the printers and en-
ployefs. The price for composition on
morning papers has been reduced.
Many OF the schemes devised during
exciting partisan times are now return
ing to plague tia Inventors. Ten
years ago, whea the Republicans had
Congress md did not haye the Execu-
tive, they enacted lgE removing the
government advertising from the Ex-
ccltIVc departments and placing il N
the hHnts OF the Clerk OF tie H5nse Of
Representatives. This was done for
the purpose Of using the patronage TO
build up Republican organs in the
south, Now that the situation has
been reversed, and the Republicans
have the Executive and not The CLERK
Of the House, there is naturally some
anxiety on their part to effect change
IN the law. 1t outrageously gives the
Southern papers the privilege of charg-
ing four prices for all the advertising
done by them.
Real estate in Boston has been scaled
down a hundred millions by the asses
sors, and rents have fallen in many
cases fifty per cent. The sale of the
estate of +. s. Rand, jr., shows how
little demand there is for property of
this kind. A lot which cost $1,000 two
years and half ago brought $1499. A
well situated lot of eleven acres, which
cost Mr.. Rand $500, and had also a
fine grapery and green house costing
$4,000 more, went for $4,000 and one
years taxes. Several pieces were bid
in by the mortgages, and on one the
mortgage lost $1100, besides interest
and expenses. The total sales were
only $13, 900, and yet q mortgage for
$50, 900 had been placed upon the lots.
1t will be difficult to find q more Sc
rious shrinkage anywhere than appears
IN these sales.
The death of Fletcher Harper, which
occurred at New York last week, re-
moves the last of the four brothers who
founded the great publishing house.
James and John, born in 1898 aud 1897
on Long Island farm, started print
ing office of their own, after serving
the usual apprenticeship at New York
in 1917; and Joseph Wesley and
Fletcher, born in 1901 and 1905, Joined
them a few years later. For nearly
half century they continued business
together, James being the first to die
in 1869, followed by Wesley year
later, and John in April, 1875. During
their partnership each conducted
special department, the old tradition
being that James did the talking
John attended to the bookkeeping
and finances generally, Wesley was the
literary man, and Fletcher the bust
ness man. To Fletcher belongs the
credit of starting, IN 1851, Hdrper's
Nagazine, which the older brothers
were very dubious about, and later the
Bdzdr almost against their opposition,
while he chiefly developed the Weekly,
which was his special favorite. The
firm has long included sons OF all the
founders, and will go on without any
change. Its building, plates and ma
ohlnery are probably worth So, 900, 900,
and the three periodicals bring in
800, 600 profit year, to say nothing
of the profits from their great book
trade.
A New York letter says: Gas mat
ter of some political interest, at this
time, it may be stated that Mr.. Blame,
within the day or two past, has been,
in quiet way, taking 'soundings' in
this city as to the feeling in regard to
the Presidents Southern policy; but if
rumor is not much out of the way, with
results that are far from satisfactory to
him. The Republican leaders he found
very generally disposed to give the
President fair trial, while the eau
tious overtures that were made to the
Democracy (not by Mr.. Blaine, but by
persons understood to be acting in his
BEHALF developed nothing that could
be callen encouraging. Not that
there are not men In both par
ties who are disposed to join any plan,
as against the administration, that
had respectable show of success, but
the apprehension is that the Presidents
policy is just now so popular with the
pSOPlS VI ANOibu anu OOuLu dllhc luhb
any movement of this kind at present
would be extremely hazardous. Mr..
Blaine, therefore, is advised not to
his campaign at present.
BY the time Congress assemblies it is
possible something may have happened.
10 strengthened his position, in which |
case he will not have to go about hunt. |
lnu nm recrnita Thara In alsn oood
reason for adding that Mr.. Blaine will |
accept tkIs advice, and that the public,
therefore, Will hear no more at present
about the organization of an opposition
party, so far as New York is con-
cerned."
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