The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-04-21
Editorial Mention.

iHh nhuanOy Olty III WEEhbt hEO-
cRp reached this effce last Tuesday en-
larged TO 20 columns u columns to
psge) Bro. Parker We congratulate you
IN this evidence Of your success. The
RucsRD Is one Of our most welcome eI.
shanges-always bright and newsy.
Nina LANoTnY sant tbn buff shoes she
wear. ia ''Rosalind" to shop in Pitts
BNrRh 10 be repaired. Some ladies at
the Central Hotel heard Of II, and per-
suaded the shoemaker tn let them try
them on. Only one Of them could get
iuto Mrs. L4n9try's No. 4, although she
has Bsep charged With being beetle
ovusher.
THE State Department officials say
there need be no Irish raupers landed
IN this country. If the English Govern
ment 81 spifPrivatspatties a-e sending out
sneh people. 1.-The Collectors of Customs
ia the cities where they are landed can
send them bAek Nt once at the expense
Of The Vessels bringing them. A law per.
mit,ine this was passed within few
years, and it applies to all persons who
are in danger of becoming public
charge.
A LATE dispatch says Il Is likely that
she coronation Of the Gar of Russia will
no postponed until the 10Th Of June.
The latest proclamation issued by the
Nihilists merely refers to the Gar in n
accrnful way and says he is beneath
criticism. well.informed persons in
Rus<ia express the Opirion TINT no dan-
ger to the Gar at the coronation is to be
fes-ed. with the exception, perhaps, Of
an act Of an iSolated fanatic. and even
that is unlikely. The advisability of re-
uniting certain taxation on the occasion
Of the coronation is under consideration
bya special commission.
RAiID as Joe Brady's trial for COM
plieity in.tha Pb@uix Park murders in
ireland WAS throughout Its closing scenes
Friday were rushed of ut railroad speed
The defense was concluded, the argu-
ments both ofthe caunsel forthe prison.
on and the counsel for the prosecution
were delivered; the Judge pronounced
his charge to the jury; the jury retired
for consultation. consulted, agreed, re-
turned, and announced the verdict OF
guilty; the. Judge sentenced the prisoner
to be hanged; the prisoners counsel
moved for an arrest of Judgment and
argued his molten, which the Judge
th-reupon considered and then decided
adversely. All this took place at one
sitting. The sentence will apparently
bssIecuted with promptness cores
ponding to the trial, for the hanging of
Joe Brady is fixed for month from last
Friday.
BRADsTREEr's for March gives the fail
pres for the FIRST quarter of 1883. The
nunber of failures ia 3,1S9. For the
frat quarters Of 1882 and 1881 it was
ALAG and 1856 respectively. These fig
ures make the increase over 1881 GO per
cent. and over 1882 40 per cent. The
liabilities for the quarter foot up $42,.
as5. 535. against $a9. ol0. 944 for the first
quartsr last year. making an ircrease OF
AZ per cent. The total of assets is S23,
763, ,S2S, while for the same period in
1882 it was SIS, 1923, SCI, showing an in
~ The t1o
bilities for each failure are $l3, 2f3,
against an average OF sl3, SIS for the cor.
responding period last year, The aver.
age of assets isiS7, 542. and for the cor
responding quarter in 1882 it was 81, 14l,
The ratio of total assets to total liabili
ties is 56.2 per cent, against ratio Of
52.8 for the::frst quarter in 1882. The
average liabilities of the 429 failing trad
ers in New Enghnd were So. .055 aud the
percentage OF assets to liabilities 43.7.
FRoM the report of the American Iror
and Steel Association for the lost fifteen
months, just prepared, it appears that
the stsgnation in the trade began in thu
early part Of 1882. The causes attribut.
cd 10 tho falling off in traffic are sci
down as manifold. There was less rail
road work done and less money could
be obtained for the purpose than was to
be had the previous year. The capaci
ties of the furnaces had been increased
and the production was greater than the
demand. In addition to this, the trade
was unsettled by the political excitement
pf the fall Of 1882. The condition of ths
trade has not improved during the first
quarter Of the present year. it appears
from the report. at is not true" says
the report, 'as certain class Of politi.
cal economists persistently teach, that
when wages are reduced other things are
correspondinely reduced in price; hui
even il this were so, low wages and low
prices always suggest hard times, We
do not, therefore, regard it rs propiti'
ous sign that prices Of iron and steel are
now so low as they are. Good price,
and good wages were far better" In
1881 the production of pig-iron wa,
4.64I. .564 tons; in 1882 it was 17s, l21
tons The Bessemer steel rails made il
1881 aggregated $3.50, 302 tons; in 1889
i,4Ss. l55 tons. There was = Large de
crease in Sbe production of iron rails il
1882 over that of 1881. and a small de
crease in the production Of open hearth
Ateel rails aud cruoible steel in ingotr,
bnt in all the other articles enumerated
there was an increase In 1882 over 1881
With tho single exception of pig-irop
however, this increase was ia no instanc,
large, and even in pig-iron it VAS only
II per cent The iron aud steel imports
in 1882 made total of l 335, AL tons
The value of Onr iron and steel exports
wAs. in that year, sl9,O29, 759 The re-
daetion Of the tariff rates on iron pro
L. A.SiioiaaH