The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, September Z, '78.

WASHINGTON september Z, 10.
Editor BsookhaUen LEDGER
Hon. Fernando Wood is Chairman of
a Congressional Committee now sitting
in New York to find out means for i'm.
proving the methods of enforcing our
Custom Laws. The large merchants of
the city will be asked to furnish infor-
nation ard advice. Unrestricted and
uutaxed importation is an impossibility
for many years to come. but it is the
wishsof all that the burdens. light or
heavy, should be made unnecessarily
onerous by the money of their enforce
ment. Mr.. Wood has peril APPS os-
sumea knowledge of affairs Of this kind
as any man Ill the country, and Is as
much of the cordial cooperation OF his
fellow-citizens of New York, and of all
the aid the Treasury Department a
give him, The results of the Commits
tee labo-s will doubtless be OF great
value.
The more we hear Of the success OF
| American exhibitors at Paris, the more
we are amazed hat SO much has been
accomplished with SO little aid from the
Government. 1t is a matter of special
congratulation that, after the Philadel>
phis Exhibition had made our products
so we'll known to all classes of-people
abro d. aud thus increased the demand
for them so wonderfully. we should be
able to secure so complete a foreign en-
dorsement of their value. There is no
apparent limit to the market abroad for
many OF our manufactures. All that
they have needed was to be made
known and this is just what the Inter-
national Exhibition has done for them.
cannot help believing that whenev-
er Congress is hereafter asked to aid
in affairs Of this kind, men OF all par
ties will freely vote all the mony neces-
sary to make our EXHIBIT complete. The
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always seemed strange to me.
The Chemist of the Agricultural
Department is experlmentfhg-he says,
with success upon means for produ
cling sugar from common corn or maize.
The one thing that throws a disagreea-
BILE doubt upon the real value of what
he claims to have achieved is the fact
that a "patent" substance is required
in order to produce successful results
Experiments on a largs scale will be
carried on, and the success or failure
Of the process made known. The value
of the discovery, if it shall prove a
success, can hardly be estimated.
The election in Vermont yesterday
did not excite much interest outside thu
State, or, apparently, in more than one
Of the Congressional Districts of the
State itself. The Republican majority
was reduced but will bear a great deal
larger reduction before any other par
tv gets within sight of office. Maine
elects Governor and members of Con-
gress on MONDAY next. or, rather.
elects members of Congress and votes
for Governor. The latest indications
are that Conner, Republican candidate.
may not be elected by the people. He
will still be Governor. as there is no
doubt the Legislature will
be Republican. Of members
of Congress it has been thought
the combined opposition to Radira'ism
wonld secure two-those from the First
and Fourth Districts. In the First
District the Democrats have nominated
one of the ahlest and most popular
men in the State, General Anderson,
and his election would be not only a
gain to the party in the State, but in
addition of an Influential Democrat to
our majority in the next House. The
Greenback Labor National party will
first test It's strength in this State, and
much of it's future prospects will de-
pend upoo the resn't. The vote will
be the largest cast for many years.
II.