New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

r d ,,erclv and caused largo destruction OF lie
and rrsIs, ye & Ayi11i y,, aaa Maryland two Demo
cratic States a. aia ~ lntiiug coN ,i',n ,i .ntry
oar small army was scaitcred Ovef the Hesleih
Ic as iIousc Of nepfcsen ~ nd refise To aipi
nrafs for pay sippics Tor the Amy lcH
nir, be s,d IN state 10 pui down domestic Vioenes
Tbe.e calls were uromptl, by President Hayes anu
hv indie Ogs Of The small force M MS co c.
of Officers n command, especially al beE.
Uarcack md cen sehoeaed the regular army was the
ciicf mean. II suPpTensing doncsiic Nioilce d ,s
ci, ,"9r No nsG man viii withhold from TIE Adminls-
tratnn fair praise for diiicull TASK Nth '."h' -,
strikes bring prominently INTO American politics VIC AZ
fcst bstweeD afal aud labor that for nihny year ~
tirbcd Great Britain, ard was the iOuruiiiyn r,o,
scenes - tie regn of te r0r during the trcnc n
tiou I 1893 Happily in this country onf sirlA's ia
been local aud uniinpOrtmt but tlo great cnlnse on
Iacu,ent oI mining and manufacturing INDUSTRIES ne
great increase the number OF corporation ",u con
extended power aud mhuehce, % ty'e,i t God y rem
sldcr the question and II possible 10 hlu q 49," A.,
eiy. when labor Is chi'1y conhntd 70 ,ne tween
lion OF the soil on separate lafue 10 Gon m m srr.
capita and labor can arise. and where, hs I ~ iol
mer times our mechanics wrre ~ t.es in shops
each working either alone or STA -" % y,ie h ~ srb
scattered through the country ihcrr coui1 uc ~ G
trouble. But when greet cofpoilliioir] ] a' nor their
enrlOy large numbers of persons "ho cponn ,,,, mo
daily iabor for their daily bread, ana whose w
a1eced Of any time by s VIII 81 une cnct be-
tween man Who furnishes or sltrr'a lhc ,J
Ire laborer who work When to this andoI
the fact that. by recent eonsolldaioha, et'n n;a
compan O. been formed, each dOng y u,iispo ~ 80
M,sisppi or The lakes IN the North, win tAc lo"I
m The officers OF tho company 10 change at ,i,
able thai tLe conflict would some tIhe come D"'"ooh
the corporations and the employees
THE POWER or THE RAILWAYS.
let me illustrate tie enorOs power tla IS now prac
tically concentrated within he viii OF four men, when
the war broke out the common cry OF the west was 'at
no rebel cannon should threaten the commerce OF the
Nississippi Valley orr commerce should now unCixed
to the sea The entire tonnage passing any Eitn pOiut
on he Mississippi River now estimated 90 be "JyOOO0
IONS IN great lakes the North have been spoken OF
since the discovery of America as beng te "oh ~
nrnyou of nature for the vast Internal commerce OF
tnc contiuent The whole TONNAGE passing at gwen
not on the e of the lakes II about COOOOO Inc Enc
tan,l m New York from Buif 10 to Albany, has been tN
tolI as a or tatesmcn which has eontriDucl
more TO the interior Development OF this country than
any other single work and mas immorialized the names
of ID. Wit Clinton and others. TIE cnre Tonnage 81
III canal during the year Is officially stated NJ =
II : l0S and All the NcwNOrk canals Including Eft,
at 1-2 l7g tons These three water arteries OF com
nIcrrc two natural and artificial, furnish TONNAGE
of 10 i7o 179 tons, ana few yeas deo were pracucaW
fhe sole means Of transit between the East ana tc west
and thc North and tie South. Now within very lew
wears and manly the close OF the war, thcrc nave
be n nit up grand trunk lines OF railway, reaching
from te Atlantic sctbOaId lar away INTO lIe west Win
tucr lines M al directions Ike The branches oi great
frees whose organization extends to almost every ram
let in tn lssssi1p NicT or tne Atlantic slope; Win
a commerce vast that In comparison WIN H. the great
wafer lines OF communication become insignificant
"'' Tous
The Erie Railway carried last year 5SZ29
York Central Railway carried last year. 67OJ 30