New-York tribune., 1880-10-03

inexperienced traveller than all his iicket-buyng
H. can inform himself beforehand now mgc be
will have 10 pay for his ticsst AMI can provide
himself with tie exact change. and NJ nfl
his passage without uttcrh4 word eSc'pt
the name of the place he ~ bound Tor
and the class be travels by. Bnt The
SUN that NAV oe cemaDdcl from him for his bog
gage Is an unknown quantity, depending o. n inn-
dred different tariffs. aud 10 s0Gc extent on tue
views OF The weighing master ana dlsatching
agent. and on the travellers carefn pess 10 *
amniog tho receipt handed him. a5 w'li as In the
quantity OF luggage he takes witb l.in, winch.
again, may vary from day to day. Wh1t does NJ
Cook propose to do about tts' How can be- come
to the help of the perpiexca possossOr Of bis I'll
way tickets who fondly med A. had purchased
immunity from disputes with the uuinlelllgib.e
defpots who preside over foreign gg,chctsF fan
must fee tire porter who transports your belongings
from yonr cab 10 the train, just rs yon must Oeo"
pourbOire the driver OF that cab, ard as yuu
probably will have done on a servant or two az ths
hotel from which The cab has brought you. Mr.
Cooks coupons do not cover any OF these. nor offer
you the slightest hiD5 how much you may wisely
give in each case. Yet have known men Of indc-
pendent character, and not over sOiicit0us abont
public opinion 10 whom the determination Of these
slight matters occasioned much mental distress
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cine or allevation whatever. In Switzerland
the evil is at its height. Many Of Che
innumerable small extortions first conceived by tho
pecuatye genius of the Individual Swiss have
never been legalZed By the Swiss IN Their cctlye
governing capacity. The are sanctions aud e.
forces the sDoaton which II ~ charitable TO snp-
pose was first attcmp eel under the stress oi personal
poverty and the taxes upon tbe traveller ar not
too harshiy descr bed by French critic as mn vol
organise" The nnkeeper, the railway aud steam
boat owner the porter the guide the valet de place.
the shOpkeeper the landowner. are all at enc ~ fiis
ma ter; and 4 yOu complain or appeal 10 the 1H,
which YOU will never 90 If yOu are WISE, you VIII
possibly lave the pleasure of TecoQnZng IN tho
magistrate 10 whom you state your case, y NOT me
very man who has robbed you, The man who roob
your f,llOw-ravcller yesterday, or means %
ron him Tomorrow. What can Mr.. Cook do agalnsb
all switzerland The State l. always stronger Than
any individual, even though he state De .edera-
ton OF petty republics clIDgIng to the sides oi the
Alps aud the individual The largest podder OF rail-
way tickets IN the world Mr. Cook has,
/ judge, geDlns for organization, ana
has done the work he Sc himself 10 do
with remarkable ability. know absolutely MOTH
ing OF his arrangements from experience, but lie
takes care that every body shall know something -
them by hearsay and his tourists are 10 b. met. u
happily, AT every turn of every road in Europe. |
know shall fail IN with them daily Tor he next
few weeks as have in years past. aud IL Is prob
able enough tnat | snail have more - say about
them before | get back 10 London. ~ nave ,ot
GOT further on my way to Paris than kcueu, is MI;
Cooks fault, bit bear m no iil-wiil Tor thai. ara
am quite content conclude my letter III slg u OF
one oil the nObleSt cathedral, M France. o. W. :.