Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-30

nave been steadily, increasing, except Una
 thsy were less this year than last. We sup
 piled foreign countries with 49, 900, 900 bush
 e.s of corn in 1876, 9s,00o, 900 bushels il
 1880, and 91 .oo0, GOO bushels in 1881. The
 total value of the breadstuffs, including
 wheat, flour, corn and meal, which we sent
 abroad was $2e3 ,Ooo,O ,OOo during the yea,
 ending June 30, 1881, and $2So, ,OOo, ,OOO dur.
 ing the preceding year. These are astonish.
 ing figures.
 Ex-Speaker Randall is reported as saying
 that three per cent. refunding bill will be
 introduced in the House at an early day in
 the session. The bill will be based on the
 refunding measure which was vetoed during
 the last session. The fourth section of the
 vetoed bill authorized the Secretary of the
 Treasury to use fifty millions of the gold and
 silver coin in the Treasury in the redemption
 of the five and six per cent. bonds which
 have since been converted into bonds bear
 ing three and one-hah per cent, and also to
 apply so much of the surplus money in the
 Treasury as he might deem necessary to the purchase or redemption of interest bear ing bonds and certificates. Mir. Randall pro- poses to substitute for this a section declar- ing that an amount not exceeding twenty five per cent. of the outstanding United States notes shall be retained in the Treasury as reserve, and that the money in the Treasury in excess of tha tamount shall be applied to the purchase of interest-bearing bonds. The effect of such provision, Mir. Randall claims, would be to release $100,- 900, GOO now held for the purpose of main taining United States notes at par. The fifth section of the vetoed bill, which provi- ded that three per cent. bonds should be the only bonds receivable as security for bank circulation, and that national banks surren- aering their circulation or going into iquida- tion should surrender their own notes as a condition precedent to the return of their bonds held to secure circulation, is to be in- cluded in the proposed bill
 Rev. Charles F. Thwing is prohibitionist who has been investigating the working ot the Maine law; and he has communicated some of his discoveries to the New York Independent. He finds that the weak point in the law is the town liquor agency. The pay is small, the position has it's discomforts and it is hard to induce the right sort of man to take it, No sooner does the agent enter upon the discharge of his duties than he is beset with applications for liquor for 'legiti mate purposes''-colds, rheumatism, child birth All sorts of wiles and lies are brought to bear. Enough rum is bought" says MT. Thwing, ito polish all the plate glass on Broadway. I have known amechanic to carry a shellac-pot into the agency, to have little alcohol poured into it, and as soon as he had becoming use and reserve it for his stom- ach. have been informed of tippler offer ing dollar to anyone who would buy for him of the agent pint of liquor, the cost ot which is hardly half of this sum-" If the agent is unfaithful or weak, the agency be comes practically public bar. In sever towns, MT. Thwing afirms, this is the actul' state of things today and he cites the cast of an agency which he personally investi gated some years ago. He found that the agent, drug firm, sold nearly as much Ii quor to three men as to all the rest of the town put together. Of these men one was a notorious drunkard, and the other two were tipplers who were suspected of retailing the rum obtained from the agent to third parties. The only remedy Mir Thwing can suggest is greater publicity. He would have the names of all the agents customers print ed weekly in the local newspaper, or posted up for the inspection of all beholders. This plan has been tried in some towns, he says, and has worked we'll