Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-18
Beaten at Their Own rrade.

! As for that strike which | have casually
mentioned, can You wonder at it? Are not
American cotton goods sold in every Shop in
England, and Lancashire goods being grad
ually superseded? Some of your readers NAV
remember that over year ago | wrote two or
three letters to you Oh this subject, and have
frequently called attention to il since. Some
manufacturers here say that .overproduc-
tlol Is the cause of all the distress aud diff
Guilty In Lancashire. Tney deceive themselves
lHel are beaten at their own trade, and that
IS why they are losing their customers. Amer
lean cotton IS finer in quality and cheaper in
price than English cotton, and people there.
lore prefer the former to the latter. | have
| stated this fact in newspapers here as well as
In my letters to you, and been occasionally at
lacked as unpatrloic," as if Thad made in
feIior cotton. You might as We'll call the man
an lncendlary who runs for a fre-engine TO
put out a blaze next door. When in New
iork was often accused of being too Eng
lish. NOW that am here | an assaulted for
not being English enough. | should like TO
find some place where | should pass muster
ana bt Pron3unced just right" II is not
my fault that Lancashire has been putting too
much size in her cotton or has allowed WaSSa.
chusets and the LOnsdale mills to outStrip
heI. oVeI year ago showed you that this
was 'ne case; since then trade has constantly
Deen going from bad to worse. Som of the
mil owners are nearly ruined. and at least the
majority OF them have proposed a reduction
III WAGES OF ten per cent. This the men will
other centres OF the cotton industry tn " have
turned out by the thousand But will this
ol!ns JACK ttaue VIII Il Improve the cir
cumslances of masters or men? We ali know
that II Will have the contrary effect A long
tlme must elapSe before the loss caused, even
by 10rtnight'S strike, will be made up
HeahWnle The WamSutta mills and the Ions
dale mills. whose mark see on h ilf the cotton
exhibited in London shop wind lwS, will not
stop production because the Preston lads are
out Oh strike. Quite the contrary 1t is but
The beginning of long series of troubles in
Lancashire. The trade has been miSmanaged
and neglected, and the course of economic
q mot haa f,x, ol,ln
Sequently Ii is now in a state of decay III that
decay is not arrested the race Of cotton
princes VIII soon be extinct, aud the great
don Letter to Il. = World . '''''''''' N'''-
ITS A REMARKABLE CASE" J. H. EberIe
OF Buffalo, said in the rOtunda of the AstOr
House; but it's fact that Jonathan X. Bass.
I'll on G ann Niagara county, hasnta joint in
never been out of ii since. Tie can't move
even hnger l remember when he ran as
captain OF canal boat between Buffalo and
ana couldn't do any work. He had to quit
cana ling. and then he went to bookkeeping.
His JOINTS Kept getting sitter and sitter. Doc.
10 give II up, and for twenty one years he has
been abed az the farm homestead of his family
between LockpoTt and Lewiston. His trouble
bottom of his right foot that tumbIed him To
the, ground. The foot commenced to swell.
and got to be almost twice its natural size
The stiffness in the joints folio we'd. Now Bass
Is literally bone man. There is no more bend
to his legs, arms and body than there is to a
marble MAJ statue; You can take hold Of his feet,
and some one else his head, lift him up like a
SUCK OF wood. His arms are as fast to his
sides as if they were nailed there For eight
years al er he went to bed he could move his
arms, but the joints finally became solid bone
They have to feed him with a spoon. His laws
are as immovable as his other joints. There is
space between his teeth that is just wide
became bind. His mind is sound, and he'll
talk all day with you, if you have the patience
20 walt Tor him, as he speaks with difficulty"
N. Y. Sun.
A STRANGE AND SUDDEN DEATH.--Captain
Jane Taylor, an old and esteemed citizen,
died suddenly at his residence, No. ll3 Spruce
street, Oh the 9th inst, aged eighty four years.
He commenced business life in shipyard,
ing charge of gang. Subsequently he started
an Office as shipping master at the foot OF
LON street forty years ago in partner
had placed out his savings at Interest. and
about year ago, having failed to receive his
interest, he went to his agent to make in
leced his principal, and subsequently was
informed that man by the name of Hand.
who recently disappeared from his place OF
business, had received the money. About
three weeks ago, when he was fnaiiy told of
the way In which he had lost his money. he
leu III nj and has been auch debilifated
SitiSo. vi VIC udy VI HIS death ne ate his did
ner as usual and smoked his pipe afterwards.
and Went and placed the iatt.:r In is usual
pace In the dlnlng-rOom and returned to the
parl0r. 1t was then l O'clock, and he had
hardly reached the door when he staggered.
caught a. The door as he fell, aaJ dropped on
!he midole OF the floor. He was picked up
Immediately, and died In ten minutes. His
son, who was playing an gagenent with
madame Janauschek at Providence, X l., re
eelvtd telegram announcing his fathers
aeath az noon OF Saturday, just as he was in
rehearsal, and started for home immedia civ
reaching here at noon yesterday.-TP Paid
Telegraph, 18th. ""'
:, ~ Nearly ], 100 immigrants arrived in New
YORK Wednesday, the largest number for anv
one day this year. Ao' "ns
A1-Gold mining is being praetic,rv dana,
oped in Georgia. The state has ~ Active
mn n operating $50 stamps, which average