The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-13


month of 5000 81. The average number O.
convicts foathe month was 1913.
It is estimated that DeIawares peach ex
port for the season will amount to 70O, 900 bas
kets. netting the shippers $575,000 They cal
1t q small year for peaches, and place the
whole yield within 100000 baskets.
FRENCH AND GERMAN EXPORTS TO THE
UNITED STATEs.-A note from Mr.. Sauer,
the compiler of Sauer's Handbook OF European
Commerce, to the editor of the American
Register. at Paris, gives comparative state
mcnt Of tho exports Of France and Germany
respectively to the United States. It lis very
suggestive. IL shows that tho exports to the
United States from Paris alone in 1877
amounted to $29,8O9 40, while those of the
whole Of Germany were but $27 1851 $50, SO
that the exports Of Paris for the year men
toned were actually $t,947.94o In excess OF
tho exports to us from the whole Of the Ger
man empire. From all parts of France the
exports to the United States last year
amounted to $49, 1884, 9l, OF nearly double the
exports from Germany Under such eircum-
stances q commercial treaty with France
that would admit our products into that
country at the lowest duties instead of prohi-
biting them by high tariff rates, as now,
would seom to be eminently desirable.
The NEW YonK SUGAR FRAuDs--The in
vestigation into the alleged sugar frauds at
New York suggests what may possibly be
the reason why New York refiners have been
able to manufacture refined sugar at lower
prices than those Of Baltimore. The New
York Tribune says:
While eampling cargo of sixty-three
hogsheads OF sugar consigned to Sazerae 4
Co. on Saturday, the samplers discovered
that much OF the sugar was artifically col
ored. The sample taken to the custom-house
showed o sugar when eleansed that would
grade up to No. 10. but which was intended
to be passed through the custom-house as
No. 7, thus defraudng the revenue of duty
Of cent q pound. Steps will be taken to
condemn SO much of the cargo as Is not
strictly correct.
The reweighing of cargo of sugar con-
signed to Brugiere g. 90. was completed on
Saturday, when 1t was discovered that false
Weights had been given on 347 hogsheads and
551 boxes OF sugar. Suit will be brought to
recover the full value of the sugar, amount
ing to about $4,000.
QUIN1Ng.-rhe Albany Argus says: Ouinine
has again advanced In price from about 90 50 an
ounce last June to almost "a an once now and
it is not unlikely that the price will rise to s5 an
ounce or more This ia the season of malarial
diseases. for which aunine Is specific reme-
dy, and In the cure and treatment of the yellow
fever In the South large quantities of 1t are
used The traffic duty on this most necessary
medicine Is % ner cont m ad yalofem, and on
every ounce of the imported drug would amount
to at least 10 CENTS Two firms In Philadelphia,
made enormously wealthy by Che sale Of qui-
each-oontrol the trade by putting down
competition. while they are amply
protected from, foreign connection by the
tariff, What shameful spectacle In the work
ing Of q protective tariff is this The duty
which was leyied to uphuild home industry
creates stead monopoly which stamps out
competing industry, and In time oil. pestilenoe
is enabled to exact q large tribute from every
malarial- striken sufferer in the country. We
contribute thousands of dollars for the South
ern ictims. and the work Is benefcent and
noble. But aftar the exigency Is over. and the
time for reflection comes will It not also be
time to think of the greater, higher and more
intelligent charity by which. with the abolition
OF the detestable duty of qui nine. boon will be
conferred on suffering thousa, ds. and the
whole American people released from tax
which they pay to mnnop olists