The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-07

Gallia. having been 60 named Nv the Mar
chionese of Ailsa Tia dimensions are as fol
lows: Length, t5o feet; breadth. A. feet;
depth, SO feet; tonnage, 5000.
"You cannot imagine the terror with which
the advancement Of American industries is
filling British manufacturers" said Prof Sill
liman In recent address eve, 40 You know,
took the leading prize at Paris for the hest
steam engine in the world, and " ie not lie
MED In Europe to-day that America heads the
list In the manufacture of agricultural ma
chinery.'
More grain has been transported through |
the Il RE Canal this year than in any pre-
cedlng year. The aggregate, 81 735,504 bushels, |
ia double that carried I'm the season Of 1876. |
The number Of boats clearing from Buffalo |
IL a third more than In 1877, and the receipts |
for tolls are coriespondingy larger, Some |
thing like tan0n0oo bushels have gone East |
from Buffalo by rail also very marked IN |
crease.
The estimates ~ the Secretary of War for |
1s7p-sn are 4o.a97it9 ~. This Is for m army |
of less than 25, 600 men In time of peace Ger
many maintains half million soldiers In |
time of peace with ssi 100000. France, nj |
WAYS extravagant In war expenditures, main |
tains her army of about 10000 men fpeacp |
footing) with sios.0oo,onn Compared with
the army expenditures " these two powers,
Secretary MeCrarys estimates are ridicu
lousy high FOR 25.no0 men.
ECONOMY is the order 30 the day" in
England, writes London correspondent of
the New York Times. If you 90 10 the
great cooperative stores Of London, you
find that the provision departments are the
chief quarters ~ business. Among the upper
middle classes extravagant dinner parties are
dropping out of fashion. Men who a few
years ago would not have been seen on the
railway In anything but iirst-cass carriage
now ride In second; men who used 81 ride
second now ride third We are all economiz-
ing"
There was something Of test vote IN the
United States House of Representatives on
the third instant On free ships Carter Harii-
son introduced bill for free ships, and asked
It's reference to the Commerce Committee
which has a majority IN favor VI free ehps.
Kelly and Wood Immediately raised the point
that the bill ought 10 90 10 The Ways and
Means Committee, which Ia opposed to free
the bill e. the Commerce Committee bva vote
of "a to GIG, which may be considered az indi
eating the passage VI free ship hill hy the
House this winter. az the Commerce Commit
tee will report one back upon the earliest oc-
castor. The vote was almost q party vote az
well But few Republicans, and they We're
from the West and Southwest, voted FOR tho
reference 10 the Commgrcn Committed
Hardly Democrat Joined Wood in favor of
sitting the measure in the Ways and Means
Committee.
"prpvoua to the civil war" writes Mr..
Thomas Connolly from Boston "a the London
Times IA large majority of tho operatives IN
the factories Of Lowell and Lawrence were
native born Americans. chiefly from the vii
lagos and farme of New England: hut now
nearly 60 per cont W them arc foreigners"
The Boston Advertiser. however, denies his
implication that II il harder for a factory or
eratiye to live in comfort now than before the
war Factory operatives who have regular
work and live prldently are better situated
than they were eighteen years ago. They
have become accustomed to moro " the con
veniences and luxurios of life, and they have
them. Their condition s steadily improving.
anu Iii'lt Savings tit Si'NllN ih'i'NNiiS.
To-day t'eesleposits of operatives. and others
who depend upon daily wages, in our savings
banks, taken together constitute the largest
single moncyed interest in New England
About four years ago the agitation of the
question Of n proposed treaty Of reciprocity
between the United States and Hawaii, one
provision of which was the free importation
into this country OF the article of sugar.
struck terror into the hearts OF some Of our
cane planting friends in Louisiana, They had
heard of the remarkable produetiveness of
the soil cf the Hawaii islands. and samples Of
the cane grown there were brought TO this
State, which strikingIy illustrated the extraor-
binary ripeness and perfection TO which the
plant WAS cultivated by the inhabitants of
those far OF islands of the Pacific Our
planters believed that the free introduction
OF sugar from such a prolific country would
have a very injurious effect upon their
interests in Louisiana. The treaty. notwith.
standing the strenuous opposition Of the mem
beers of Congress and other influential parties
from the Southwest. was adopted, and went
into effect on the thrtieth Of January. 1915
This so-called reciprocity tcSaty has not
proved Injurious in the least degree TO otlr
sugar painting AIcAeNoS, vs. pi'h'''N'' " 80
United States The official reports show thai
during the year ending Decemher3i, ls75, (the
year before the treaty went into operauonl
the value of goods shipped from the United
States to Hawaii WAS S947, 200. For the year
ending December 81, C.s77, their value vas
81. 762. so5--an Increase Of Sslj,a5. But ~
virtue OF the treaty the duties surrendered on
goods imported in the Uaitcd States for the
same year amounted to 1851, 206, or sl96el
more than the excess Of imports IN 1877 over
1875 when there was no treaty. of the du-
ties thus surrendered the sEm of s1i6,7S2 was
for sugar alone. The repolt Of the Secretary
of the Treasury intimates that the benefits In
favor of Hawaii will be likely 20 increase