The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-17
In,i,Orinat Documents.

valuable consular reports. Some OF tho re-
portsure full OF interesting information. The
April volume Is especially valuable. In
this number Is published report from our
i Consul ut Fmnkto,ton.the-Maln, which
+ furnishes Interesting statistics from the
German bureau Of statistics in regard to
emigration from Germany for the last elev-
en- years, from 1871 to 1881, inclusive. II
seems that during this time $685. sos emil.
grants left Germany Of whom 7G9,33l came
10 tho United States. The number depart.
ing rose from $4,000 in 1877, 10 100000 in
1881. Tho number coming. TO this country
in 1881 was double the number Of those
who came in 1880 and ten times tho num'
] bcr OF those who came in 1878. These To-
blcs arc not complete, 1t Is said, but they
show tho remarkable increase OF German
immigration into this country. Itisshown
I that the most desirable class-thosc from
20 to 80 years old-is twice as strong among
the immigrants rs among the population
generally. t4S
Another interesting repor. in this volume
is.from Consul Crawford in regard to the
effects Of the new protective policy adopted
by Canada three years ago. At that time
tho cotton manufacture OF the country was
represented by 10000 spindlcs, while at
the end OF the present year the number
will be 100000. Tho admission OF raw cot
ton free and the imposition Of heavy duties
on manufactured goods have enabled some
Of the factories to make 81 per cent. net
profit In the last year. The Consul thinks
that this profit will stimulate the industry
uutil the product will exceed the home de-
maud, uni then tue Dominion will need
] commercial agents abroad. II these should
be allowed they would como. into conflict
with those OF tho mother country, who
: would be unwilling to surrender any Of the
trade which they now control. In short,
D the development OF such industries will
furnish Il foundation for new arguments in
behalf of Independence. Ia ~s' y f
Another interesting report Is that from
our agent at Nantes, France. He sends to
tho State department letter from a manu-
faclurer OF new kind OF fuel, who de.
2 clared TINT he needed 5000 or 5000 tons OF
pitch made from the coal tar produced III
the manufacture of illuminating gus. He
had been told that there were large guam.
titles here not utilized, and he would take
it in cargoes Of 1900 tons. This letter APP
peared in the February number. The
agent now describes the new industry. The
fuel is made out OF coal dust, formerly re-
jected as worthless. The dust, which is
imported into France from England, is
mixed with the coal tar pitch and hard,
cned into bricks, which are sold to rail.
way companies and other consumers for 81
or s. per ton.g The dust costs about s. 50
per ton aud tho pitch from $40 to Sl2 per
ton. The pitch cannot now be secured i'll
sufficient quantity in Europe. 81 S''itE.G
An other report that will interest our
agricultural readers is that Of our consul at
Prescott, Canada. He recommends, that
our tariff on several articles now imported
Z from Canada shall DO raised. In the last
fiscal year eggs valued ut sl,200,00O were
imported from Canada into the United
States free OF duty and about one.quarter
OF this quantity WIS exported from the
Prescott consulate. He recommends that
+, duty OF l cent per dozen DO laid on eggs,
and asserts that this duty on those taken
into tho customs district OF 0sweSatchic
and Champaign, New York, and the dis.
trct OF Vermont, would pay the expenses
Of those districts. lie also suggests dirty
OF 81 per ton on straw, ! cents each on rail.
road ties, @ cents each on fence posts, all
/. OF which arc now on the free list, and that
the duty on hay shall be per ton, OH hoop
poles cent each instead OF 20 per cent,
and on iron orc so cents per ton instead Of
20 per cent. lie adds TINT butter and pota-
toes can be sent into this country ut n
profit under the present tariff.
Writing about American securities in
Holland, our Consul ut Amsterdam says
that transactions in United States bonds
/ have almost ceased, owing to the reduction
h Of interest The condition Of the railroad
sock market in this country since January
+ l has led the investors OF Holland to regard
tho decline rs a settled or fixed reaction.
Dealings were lively; but in the litter part
Of the year it became difficult to place any
more, for the people had become apprc-
{. hensiye, and the market too sensitive. The
holdings Of American railroad shares in:
creased by about $4,000, 900, and it is said
that the Dutch now hold from S40,O0O,0C0
8 to S50.000,000 in such shares, with very.
large amount Of railroad bonds. Z ail; Z
Consul Griffin, Of Auckland, says that if
our tariff on New-Zcalaud woods should DO
modified the bulk Of the New-zealand
trade which now goes to London would
como to tho United States. The duty is
now 10 cents per pound, with from 8 to II
per cent nd valorem. X. a. js:l:. y Z X B
Minister Osborn reports that n bill to re-
duce the export tax on coffee to per cent.
, has been introduced and is well supported
in tho Brazilian Senate. The present OK,
port duty is 0 per cent. With per cent. all
ditional imposed by the Provinces. = The
! reduction would have considerable effect
!; in our market. I, n N "a 2. z
iisi Consul Canisius, ut Gustermunde reports
3 additional injustice in tho collection OF
duties on American goods in Germany.
Not only arc the tin cans in which meat is
packed subjected 10 tho duty levied on iine
hardware, but the custom house authorities
d have recently decided that the cotton COW
erings in which hams are sent must DO re-
I garded as imported cotton goods, Tor which
10 marks per 100 pounds must be paid 1t
is to DO presumed, although the Consul
does not explicitly say SO, that tho hams
are recorded us cotton goods, as the packed
meat i'll the other case was regarded as fine
Z hardware, because OF the cans sinclosing it.
4 He advises American exporters OF hams
into. Germany to leave Off tho covering il it
is not absolutely necessary for the preser-
walton Of the meat. S!al "a "a s 3
n its55.3sfs i 10 -. siyr
A Financial DiHicnlty.t ID s,siiSs;