Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-01-02

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS day-
was more -decently celebrated
here thnn ever befose. with but
little of the customary noise of
gums; fi1'e-crackprs and tin horns
The weather Was all Tat could
be asked fer, being cJol and per-
4ectly clear. There was a great
deal Of hilarity ON the streets. but
less drunkenness than iscommon.
Most of the churches were open.
"A man died in this city YES
terday who has been for some
time lying very low from a bite
inflicted by another man. The
case has excited Il great deal Of
interest here ana elsewhere.
Amputatlon was unsGcccssfully
tried. Remembering that in a
similar ease described years ago
the mans death was attributed
10 his reduced condition. cansed
by drink, it may be well TO say
thar in this case both the bitter
and the b3f .waee lifelong tenn
perance men.
IN a recent message 20 Con-
gress, accompanied BIZ various
L. S. officers in Sonth America,
Mr.. Hayes comes very near al
rocating a government subsidy
for line Of steamers to various
South American ports. Some of
the facts shown in the message,
and some on the same subject
not there given, are curious. 1t
seems that inferior manufactured
articles arc sold in all the South
American markets at prices that
would yield enormous profits to
our manufacturers. and this while
VIC are geographically much clc-
ser to those markets than the
English are. Not only this, but
our own manufactures are bought
here by Englishmen, carried bv
them to England in English
ships, sent thence by them in
English ships to South America,
and then sold at a profit. All
the profits Of carrying and Of
exchanging for South American
products go to owners Of Eng
lish vessels and to English ira
dcrs; In other words they are ta-
ken from the profits Of our man
ufacturers and the wages Of our
labQring men. What Mr.. HAYES
seems to think should be done is
to subsidize a line Of American
steamers. There is already one
such line which is paid by Bra
zil for carrying the mails be-
tween that country and this, but
the owners claim that the line is
run ar loss. Tie fact seems to
be that the English line of
steamers, with large subsidies,
can carry freight cheaper than
an American line without subsi-
dies can do. The regular Eng
fish lines, it should be mentioned,
bring Southern products to our
markets. but take their return
cargo from England. One of
the facts not mentioned by Mr..
Hayes is that, whcnever Congress
meets and talks Of aiding an A
merican line, the owners Of the
subsidized English lines put on
an additional number of steam
ers between the Southern ports
and New York, and carry goods
at very low rates to show our
Legislators that the wants of trade
are apparently fully supplied.
But these steamers are withdrawn
as soon as Congress disposes Of
the subsidy question and re-
turn made to the old discrimina-
ton against US. Perhaps the
worst objection to our Govern
ment aiding to secure for our
people this valuable trade is
found in the fact that the subsi-
dy, to be effective, lnfist be
pledged for at least ten years or
so. The reason for this is that
South American merchants will
not break an established trade,
such as they now have with Eng
land, unless there is a prospect
that that which is to take its
place viii be equally enduring.
We have the ability to supply
our Southern neighbors with all
they need, and at cheaper rates
than they can get it elsewhere.
The way to do it should be made |
clear. Other South American
States besides Brazil offer, at any
time the United States shall con-
tribute reasonably to establish
direct mail communication with
their parts, TO give an equal sum.
AUSTIN.
Rg A young man has re-
Gently been taken to the Insane
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