The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-27


Paris has had a poor season this year, ana
Ia hoping great things from the Expoeltioh.
PROSPEROUS as she hns been since 1879, rev
sr1ue of three milIiards Is no triiie braise,
and this has to be raised to meet FRANCES ex-
prt,sas. All the world Is 20 hard up now a
DAVIS. that even II Paris be crowded, the buy
pt.s prs likely TO be comparatively few. 1t Is
enc thing 10 have money enough to go there. !
and quite another tohave spare caah to spend
there. -
wa arc glad to learn that South Carolina
State bonds have improved In price, and arc
now In the nineties. The debt OF that State
Id about sg0oO,oOO. Why ia 1t that the bonds
or cur State are not equally higb' Taking
info consideration the wealth OF Louisiana,
the productions Of her soil the great value OF
her ciops. the fact that shc has the
greatest commercial city Of tho South
within her borders. and that her
debt Ia not over. S6,oo0,oo0 or $4,000
0Oo more than South Carolina, 1t is
surprislng beyond our comprehension that
mr. state securities should DO about II cents
on the dollar lower than those Of little South
Carolina. We cannot, for the life of us, SEQ
ported extraordinary large collections OF
taxes already received, and the good prospect
4 of q large increase from the twenty parishes
vet to be heard from. strike us that there Is
no room for the entertainment OF doubt as
TO the prompt and punctual payment OF tho
July interest.
Once year n Boston chemist makes an OIL
cin analysis Of some Of the alcoholic bever-
ares sold In the bar-rooms Of that city. He
has lust reported on 1873 samples gathered ut
random by agents of the license commission
ers. Advocates Of total abstinence will be
pleased TO learn that he found n great deal Of
adulteration, but they will not be SO well sat
isiied with the accompanying fact that not
one Of the adulterating substances was pois-
onous. Indeed, the principal fraud indicated
Ii the watering Of Iuors-a clear gain Tor
the cause Of temperance. In fifty samples
OF malt liquors no bitter ingredient except
hops was found, the aiulteration CON
eisting entirely Of harmless coloring
matter. The lowest percentage Of alcohol In
ale was 4s2, and the highest 792, in lager
heer the range was from 4I0 To 665. Only
two out OF twenty samples OF whisky were
free from fraudulent coloring or tiavoring
I substances: but nothing was found worse
\ than caromel and prune juice. Not single
sample OF pure brandy was obtained, every
one being artiticially colored and favored,
while water had been added TO the extent Of
from five to thirty per cent. The gin and
rum had been watered, and were certainly
no more Injurious than puregin and rum It
seems. therefore, that Boston Hpplers are as
free from danger as any tipplerg can be-
The whole mercantile world Ia looking with
the greatest anxiety for a solution Of the
Anglo Russian complications, the unoer-
tainty surrounding them and the doubt gen
erally entertained "a TO the final Issue has u
rreat influence upon trade throughout the
world. A conviction seems to be gradually
forciug its way through tho brain OF John
Bull that he Ia being steadily led UP TO the
t'scratch" for a graphic with tho Russian
bear. The Daily News, Of London. takes
this view of the situation, and argues that
the preparations Of the government go far
heyond the limits of mere precau-
tionary measures. The shipment OF native
ttuops from India, il Is contended. la not
only suggestive Of the gravost consequences,
but is almost equivalent to q declaration OF
war. Ostensibly tho Indian forces are to be
stationed ut Malta. but il liz pointed out that
the garrison at Malta is full, and that II the
Indians are sent there, the English soldiers
already In the garrison must be sent else
where. 1t is strongly suspected that they are
10 DO landed somewhere in Turkey. and that
this move will be made simultaneously with
the passage Of the troops from India through
the Su canal In ali the current movcmen ts
the Ne,rs thinks II secs 80 resolute hant
guiding the mystiied British people TO al
appointed end"
The main features of tho internal rcvenu,
bill recently reported by the committee Of th,
United States House Of Representatives are
reduction OF the tax on manufactured tobacco
from "a 10 lB cents per pound, reduction o
the tax on cigars from Sc to S. per 1000, n re
duction on cigarettes from 81 rs TO 81 35 pc
1000, and the restoration of the tax on in
comes in excess of $4,000 year. the rate @
tax being fixed at 3 per cent. The last name.
feature Of the bill meets, naturally. with mos
violent opposition on the part OF the press Q
tho Northern and Eastern centres Of capital
and Judging from the outgivings OF Wash
ington correspondents this bill will not pas
the present Congress without the creates
difficulty, If II does at all According to a
article Ia the New York Times on this subject
we learn tina during the last fiscal year th
quantity of tobacco which entered into cor
sumption, and upon which a tax OF "a cent
per pound was paid, was about $4,000. on
pounds, and the number of cigars which pal
a tax Of Sc per 1000 was over 1900. 000, 00
The reduction proposed in the bill on thes
two articles and upon cigarettes would be o
tobacco over $a,Oo0,OO0, and on cigars an
cigarettes over 81 25O,OO0, making O total
about $40, 100000 Against this loss tax O
incomes is provided, from which. aecordin
To the estimate of the Commissioner OF Into
nal Revenue. there would be received abo,
ss.oO0,0o0 annually, which figures, we thinl
arc altogether too small.