The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-03

TIE SILVER DOLLAR Aer Tho Chicago TIL
hume thinks that any suggestion from tho
treasury to repeal tho aivor dollar coinage net
will ho disanproyed by the country II need
not bc repealed. All that ia wanted II alsht
modification that will enable tho mlnta 10 aup-
pend the coinage Of the silver dollar tenn
pSrarily, or until the country Ia snpplicd with
% 50 and ss gold pieces. Then. IL there should
be a necessity for the coinage OF moro standard
dollars. The work ceuld he resumed. A change
OF the law 80 aa to accomplish this object would
certainly meet the approval Of the country.
The ruling opinion In New York seome 10 ho
that Vanderbilt. In obtaining control Of Eric.
while stil retaining his hold on the Central
expects to wash ono hand with tho othor. When
Central carnH too much money and thorn Ia n
danger OF Legislative nspcctlon hrtrattlo can
be diverted over Erie. whom Eric picks up In
market price and prices rise. good short sao
will be engineered by divprting the traffic hack
to New York Central. II II good thing to have
two strings 70 ones bow. and Mr.. Vanderbilt Il
accredited with being an expert 1T drawing
them. short or long.
Nav York CoFrEE MARKkr Tho New York
Chronicle or the twenty snys: There
has been little business In Rio oetTeo during
the week yet The market hna lnterly boon firm
ever. the stock hero shows an inrrraseto ll7,-
80 bags BY the arrival II two stramors ana thc
maj ket Il very quiet: mild grades have boon
generally dull. Though about 500 bags Mara
Gaiho have been sold within the range or lht0lp
cante; owing 70 the favorable result of the Am
sterdam sala on Wednesday and the moderate
stocks here. prices of Java arc. IA rule
steady
Nv ara ~,
EuRorE. No wonder Europe Il suffering from
hard times, The army o. each country Is q
burden that would almost bankrupt CONT
nent Russia has military force Of 900. 500
men. soosoo belonging to the reserve and LAG
300 to the standing army, France has regular
army OF I.6sao0o men, which. with the terrific |
rial army OF l.2os coo. max total Of 2soI ooa
In lsa2 this will he Increased by aa0.ara reserve
men. The German army consists of 1904 SEQ
men. In 1872 the total strength OF Italy will he |
a.o2aNo men. Austro Hungary Possesses
1.le4sis soldiers. The armies If Europe mako
q total OF over l6.0ooooo who are learning the /
art OF war, and who can be- called on at any mo-
ment hy The great powers. With such M Oh /
man OF the sea" rs this on IT. shoulders how
can Europe expect prosperity
THE TRADE MARK DEslsrax nun,her y,
prominent New York merchants have addressed
q letter to the French minister I'll Washington !
with reference to the recent tray mark decis-
ion q the Supreme Court. ThSritate: Rely
Ing upon the security offered ~ the treaty |
passed between France and the United States,
and BY the laws passed 70 carry Il into effect
the undersigned have gone e great trouble and /
expense for the purpose Of protecting trade
marks Of French citizens whose goods they I'M
port in LARGE quantities, By the decision above
referred to large interests are jeopardiEad and
the time and expense devoted to their protee
tion In the past 40 for nauSht" Referring TO
the clause In the decision which recognizes the
power OF Congress TO protect trade marks Sc
cured by treaties. they ask the minister to use
his power TO protect their interests by the pas
sage OF law carrying into effect the treaty
with France.
THE BANK CLEARINGs.-Tha clearings Of the
leading cities for the week ending November n
choyv arrin marvellous amount nf busfpaac |