The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13

The steamer Port Eads. with barges, ieoon her |
way to this city with $4,000 bushels of corn in |
bulk l1ls sacks Of rye and 2oal sacks of corn.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of Lineolns |
birthday. and being a legal holiday the banks
and other public institutions were closed. rms.
of course had An effect in the curtatlment 0,
hssinesss, =
In the city of New York with a population OF |
about 400 600 there are Aae places OF fehs'o"s
worship supported ut a cost OF something 1888
than sb 900 400, and 7s74 drinking SALOONS, SUP
oa,ted Mt n cost of about seeeeoooo Five mil |
lions for religion and sixty millions for whisky.
The following il a statement Of the condition
ar the Boston national banks, as returned 70 the
clearing house, February 4: Capital s5, 1000
loans s27 500 400; Specie u. 10000; legal tendsr
notes 81 geo 600; due from other banks. sls772
boo due to other banks. sal COS 200; deposits,
sas752 800: circulation, A7ba3oo.
The most gigantic forgeres Of modern times,
In England at least have been punished. Fred
erick Dimadale, q London solicitor and Charles
Burrell Moore n clerk, having pleaded guilty.
Nv means of forged leases and documents pur-
porting to dispose Of the rights" Of a servant
girl, the mistress Of Dimsdale's son. In valuable
property in London about 100000 was obtained
from capitalists
The Raleigh IN. o. Observer says: The
keepers at the life-eavng stations IN the yicini-
ty of the wreck of the Metropolis receive only
5000 year, and it is perhaps not reasonable to
espect very high order of service or much
s.p,-if ,ht corps for such compensation. The men
who are made Of tho stuff to brave the dangers
which howl around Cape Hatteras are not apt
to no begging at 5000 year" ..'A--
Tho Boston Herald indorsea bill Just report
ed in the Legislature of Massachusetts,. provid-
ing that wherever text books are furnished pu-
nils in the public schools, stationery shall also
be supplied, and suggests that this is In the in
terest of economy. The value of stationery
consumed by the school children OF the State Ia
estimated to reach 100000. Should the bill be-
ecome a law, school children would be supplied
with stationery at wholesale prieeH-a good ar
rangement for parents. but rather bad for re-
tail stationers.
In 1875 the net export from this country of the
precious metals. e. exports minus imports
was sbsBoo.ooo which was about oan average
movement. In 1879 the net shipments were
salseoooo. and in 1877 they amounted to s24-
100000 The net export laat year was about
ssooo6oeo below what may be considered the
normal amount. while that Of 1876 was about
: sss,oooooo under: 80 that within the last two
years the United States retained at home about
se3 900, 600 of the metals. which under ordinary
circumstances would have been exported. The
better half OF this sum has gone into the silver
coinage, and the remainder ia 30 much con
tributed to the countrys stock OF gold.
The example set by the government and ciH-
aens of Holland is worthy OF emulation. In
Holland bank has not failed for forty years
and paper money has all the time been equal to
gold; the IRE insurance companies do not hurst
up there and average rates of premiums are
one-half Of per cent while the companies pay
II TO 10 per cent at that; there official thieves
are scarce and when found out are severely
punished and forever dagtaced sharp rrac-
tice in private business means public dishonor
there four millions of people are not only able
to make living on twenty thousand square
miles, but are happy. prosperous and content
ed, and, moat wonderful Of all, and perhaps the
grand secret Of all. Everybody lives within his
income.
In ls41, when the British customs tariff com
prised 1900 articles Of import subject to duty. the
gross revenue was about $3.50 900 900. The tariff
reforms reduced the articles subject to duty te
forty. and there was gradual increase In thu
revenue receipts until last year the gross reve
nue. was over s4oo.ooo,ooo. In the frat ten years
after the tariff reduction the increase Of i'm
ports was 145 per cent and exports per cent
and In thirty-six years imports had increased
sos per cent and exports 1913 per cent. Since thu
repeal ofpEngland's navigation laws In 1874
Ifrom which ours are copied the number o
British vessels Engaged in the home and foreign
trade has increased from 1921 steam and sail
ing vessels to ao.sse in 1876. the increase bein,
mainly In steamships engaged in the foreig1
trade. The increase in tonnage since 1s4a i
26,osl. 4a4 tons. or 4ls per cent. The eSperienc
OF the British government since the revision 9
it's tariff furnishes a very strong argument 70
the passage of the tariff bill now before Con
gress.
American T0n,merC