The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-26

[CoRREsPoNDENcE or THE NEWS AND HEnALp.]
WASHINGTON, November 22:-The
Committee on Appropriations Of the
House had an informal meeting
yesterday, but in the absence of the
Chairman no business was transacted,
The committee will meet to-day
At the timo when Republicans con-
ceded worry large majority in the
House Of tho Forty Sixth Congress
to the Democrats, Mr.. Hayes Cabs
net Ministers agreed upon largely
reduced estimates for government
expenses. When, just before, and at
the time Of election, it seemed likely
that that majority would be very
small, it was understood that the
reductions would not be sweeping.
Now that it is settled that wo have
about seventeen OF eighteen majori~
ty-a safe one-I hopo tho commit
toe will go on steadily and firmly in
making not only the reductions
originally proposed, but other and
greater ones. It is generally be-
loved that the head of each De-
partment knows bettor than Con~
gress does what is needed in his
Department. This is not the fact
once in a dozen times. There arc
Democrats on the Appropriation
Committee who know far more than
Evarts does of the needs of the
State Department., than Key does
of the post Office department, or
than any other Of the secretaries
does of the department over which
he presides. Lot such Dem ocrats
do all they can to hive their own
convictions made law. 1t is their
duty. 1t will be to their advan-
tage. ...
Georgia did we'll on Tuesday by
re electing General Gordon to the
United States Senate. No Southern
man has more influence than he
among those who make laws for the
country, and none use it for better
purposes. ..
The ingenious man who came to
this city and attempted the other
day to personate one of the crew of
the Huron wrecked n year ago, has
left us. He was a fraud. He re-
sembled the missing sailor in person
and had had himself marked in
india-ink in imitation Of him He
had also served in some of the
same vessels. The secretary of the
navy, who knows as much of sea-.
faring life as m Esquimax infant
does of life in central Africa. was
the only party really deceived by
the imposter. ~. ...u AUSTIN.
STICK TO YOURF FARM.
Trade in manufactured goods is
playing some queer pranks nova
daye. A man or company MY
work hard, expending much time
and money in perfecting some arti-
Gle of general use, and suddenly
find that elsewhere some one has
been at the same work and can sell
the results for less money. A few
years ago England was the only
country which manufactured c>tton
prints for export, while the idea of
any one competing with her in her
home markets was laughed at as a
bit of insanity but to day Aneri>
can prints are being worn by operas
tives in English cotton mills, having
been found to be prettier, better
and cheaper. Now we hear that
agents of German cutters have been
to Sheffield, heretofore the &C.
knowledged centre of the cutlery
trade of the world, and sold their
goods at prices which the home
manufacturers could not underbiL
Sheffield will continue to make
knives and scissors, and no Ameri-
can will be foolish enough to hope
that the English print works will
be closed, but the illustrations
which we have given of the fuctua.
tions of trade will show the Ameri-
can farmer that business which
he mournfully considers more
profitable than his own are subject
to drawbacks and dangers which
the agricuiturist never knows.
Breadstuffs and food materials of
every kind are always in demand,
and have tolerably uniform value
the world over. No competition, no
new farming community that may
be developed, can ever afflict farm.
ers with u "lockeout" such as work
ers in tho trades are constantly ex-
periencing, nor in tremendous fail
ures like those which are constantly