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THE MORE GxAIN THE MORE COT.

2 The APPEAL pointed out the other day
that the truth that "au cotton" is blunder
and diversified crops necessity, is max
ing its way among the people OF the
South, urged in great measure by the
hardships that have to be endured by the
call cotton" planters when for any reason
their crop is damaged or picking unusually
delayed. We are grati6ed to see, BY official
statistics on this subject, that although 1t
has been hard work to induce ootton-growers
10 overcome old habits, yet the diversified
crop movement, and also improved modes Of
culture, are making their way. South Caro-
lima is not usually regarded as State where
advanced ideas make ready headway, but
even South Carolina has found il necessary
to dsyiate from the beaten pathway OF Gus.
tom and adopt Improvement. The hand
book of the department of agricul-
ture of that State, just published,
HIS the following: Acres of improved land
in 1870, S,OlO,5S9; in 1880, S,7s4,5eo; bales
of cotton in 1870, 224 500; in 1880, ole, 400;
bushels of grain in 1870, 9,735,469 10 1880,
17,0l0,59S. In 1860 the States produce Of
cotton spinning was $713,O50 in value; in
1880, S3,75O,770. 1t will be observed that
in South Carolins, as elsewhere, the increase
in grain was obtained without any diminu-
ton in the amount of the cotton crop. This
result the APPEAL has several times pointed
out as occurring in different States. The fact
is that where provisions are grown for house
hold and stock the effect is 80 favorable that
sufficient help can be employed TO do the
extra work, while the amount OF the cotton
crop is fully kept up and commonly in
creased. This is feature in the Gaze con
trsry TO what had been expected, and is
clear demonstration Of the superiority OF thu
plan of diversi6ed crops over that of sal
| u
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FEET TaROUsH TEE
JEITIRS.

Such is the announcement made in the
New Orleans Fieaysne on Thursday, which
informs the committee-that is now 90 de-
lIghtfully instructing Congress all about the
Mississippi aud its mysteries, and about
Esds jeIties, after the experiences gsined in
one trip from Cairo to the jetties--that on
Tuesday last the British steamship Roches-
ter lett that port with $3.50 bales Of cotton
and $4,000 bushels of grain, and passed
through the jetties without detention. The
draft Of the Rochester was twenty-five feet
eleven inches. Tuesday before Christmas
the City OF Lincoln steamship, drawing
twenty-five feet two inches passed through
the jetties On the 22d Of September, 1877
Capt. 7. P. Leathers-partner in land specu-
lalion with Capt. Cowdon, who has just been
instructing congressional committee in the
art and mystery of improsins the naviga-
ton of the Mississippi-agreed in writing to
pay E. C. Palmer $1,000 ."if there is an
acknowledged ship channel depth of twenty
Eve feet through Eads jetties at the mouth
of the Mississippi river within five years
from this date" A little earlier than that
Capt. Cowdon was instructing the world that
Capt. Eads, in attempting to open ship
channel by the mere securing Of the water
itself, at South Pass, where there was only
eight feet Of water, was work impossible to
be accomplished, and all Eads'a toll would
be in vain and all his expenses loss. Clear
il is that Leathers is no calculator and Cow
don no prophet, for the Rochester steamship,
drawing twenty-five feet eleven inches,
miraculously passed through spot that
could not be made ship canal, and could
not be twenty-five feet deep. Eads accom-
plisbed the miracle, but traducers are still
striving to blast his fame and damage hi
fortunes, but all in vain as long as steamsh II
Rochesters pass through the jetties.
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NEW oKLEAss AND nExlco.

New Orleans, for once, appears 10 be
plucking up little spirit in view OF the ad-
vancement toward completion of some of
the hv~iS~A -Aii-eads. and Of the proposed
commercial treaty with that country. A
Mexican exchange hiss been organized there
for the purpose of developing trade with
Mexico; it has 1853 members and balance
of $4,000 in bank. This exchange has ar
ranged for trip to Mexico, by way OF Vera
Cruz, with the intention Of cultivating BUSH
meas relations and laying the foundation for
friendly intercourse between the people Of
the two countries 1t is possible that a num-
Der Of Mexican merchants will be invited to
visit New Orleans as a delegation from that
country. The Mexican government has re-
Gently made some notifications with respect
to the railroads in process, or to be begun,
STIMULATING how much must be completed
annually, and that all of them shall be
finished within ten years. Brownsville,
Tex, is also taking strong interest in the
coming Mexican commerce, and has Of
fered right of way and grounds for depot
there TO the New York, Texas and Mexican
railroad. 1t is evident that our young bust.
ness men will do we'll TO add knowledge Of
the Spanish Language to their acquisitions
as before long the attainment will be o.
great practical value.
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TARIFF REFORM LEeERDEMAIs.


The monopoiists are at present up and
doing to support, at as high mark as they
can push il, the amount of tribute exacted
from the people by means OF tariff that
shall build uptheir fortunes at the expense,
not Of their own labor, but of contributions
wrung from the earnings and profits OF the
citizens at large. Washington, its papers
state. is crowded with lobbyists, who intrnde
into the hall and corridors of Congress, hang
about eommittee-rooms and buttonhole mem
beers. They talk glibly and spend money
freely, and all they do is with view TO
have the many taxed that millionaires may
be created, who, when they have got their
millions, look down with suPercilious glance
upon the multitude from whose enforced
contributions their money is chiefly made,
and hAughtily exclaim, d-n the public.
On Monday the leading Democrats
in Washington held q meeting to dis
cuss the tariff, at which, it is said,
it was agreed not to oppose the bill offered,
as whole, as that would be represented by
the protectionists to be opposition 10 tariff
reform, but to oppose extravagant duties In
detail, and to have an especial eye upon the
rates proposed for iron, cotton goods, sugar
and silks. The bill, as originally proposed
by the Committee on Ways and Means, in
creased the tariff tax 100000; that is the
monopolists idea of a reform ed tariff. Tax
ing in the fifteen chief articles included un
der the head Of iron and steel, the total pres
emit duty upon which amounted in 1852 e
SlO,sls,0oO, they raised the total to $l4,6Sl,
OOOl A splendid instance Of the sort OF re
form monopoly desires. But the amount il
not all. The fraudulent arts used to covel
up with the appearance OF lowering, rate'
actually made higher, is disgraceful to th'
last degree. Bessemer steel iDgots, blooms
and slabs of 500 pounds or over
are taxed $40 of q cent pound
but if-as is the case with large portion o
then-they weigh less than 500 pounds tn
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CHATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE COM.
MITTEE.

The Executive Committee met al the Kim
ball House lsst night and produced the fol-
lowing as a form of circular TO be addressed
to the cotton mills in the South:
ATLANTA, GA, January 1S, 1888.
Pursuant to a call made in December
last, through the public press, and signed
by the managers Of a number OF Southern
cotton mills, a meeting was held at the
Kimball House, in this city, to-day, and an
organization perfected, TO be known as the
Southern Cotton Manufacturers Association.
The undersigned were appointed an execu-
tive committee, and intrusted with the duty
of issuing a circular to The cotton manufac-
turers of the South, setting forth the object
of the association, the benefits to be derived
from it, and to solicit all the cotton spinners
and manufacturers Of the South 10 become
members OF the same.
The facts developed In our meeting show
that The cotton-spinning business in the
South is in any thing but prosperous con-
dition. Representatives from several Slater,
coming from some of the best mills engaged
in the production of yarns, have reported
the result of their operations for last year.
These reports are based upon actual accounts
made up in most instances to the LIST OF
January, and without exception show that
this important interest is on the decline.
The evils that are exertiug depressing
influence upon this business are manifold
They are TO be traced chiefly TO- detective
management at the mills and reckless
slaughtering OF goods by agents, who are
either ignorant as to values or Indifferent Al
To prices at which products are cold.
These evils can be corrected by such or
ganization as will result in proper Gssemi
nation of practical Information upon thu
subject of manufacturing; and of The demant
for and supply Of the various styles of good
produced, as well as the prices winch IN a
Southern spinners are getting for the same
To perfect such an organisation as vii
successfully accomplish these results, it vii
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tax is put at two cents pound, or S44 50
ton. In this way q moderate tax is named
that looks like decrease, but by means of
a little trickery-such as is seen in a mere
difference in the weight of individual III asses
in the instance sbove-a heavy increase lie
pushed in sideways. But there is more than
this eopjuring committees sleight of-hsnd
way of turning the iron of trade into the
gold Of the millionaire. 1t is provided that
all metals produced from iron or lie eres
which are cast or msllesble, whatever their
form or percentage of carbon, shall be
classed as STEEL There is another sl.ight-oi-
hand performance. By all this legerdemain
a ton Of material costing $40 per ton free
aboard ship ia raised in price PA per cent,
and on billets worth $50 ton the tax is put
up higher. CottOn-ties now pay duty
of Sl4a ton; they are raised to duty Of
S33 so a ton, which the cotton interest, that
il making no effort in Memphis TO defend
itself must, vsssal-like, humbly pay its
tribute to the iron interest, objection TO
which Tennessee paper, the Chattanooga
ItBleS, calls hl popPyCock. All LnrouBp Inc
bill lie huddled up little, and apparently in
significant, sentences, slowed away in holes
and corners These are tricky provisos and
artful classifcalions, and cunningly framed
exceptions, that make the bill provide one
thing while its more obvious wording says,
apparently, quite another. In this way the
monopolists carry on business so as TO
give themselves the profits, while the citi-
zeus at large are compelled BY law 10
shoulder all their losses. This ia heads j
win, tails you lose" with vengeancel The
smart conjurors of the COMMITTEES appear
however, 10 have been too smart, for
the New York Post, OF Monday, says: "The
duty on iron and steel was reduced yes
terday," and adds that the bill as it stands
will yield 81 DOC, 900 revenue more than last
year on the same importaIions. The reduc-
ton appe ara to have created hutter among
the iron lords, for come OF them were haunt
ing the Finance Committee and toucbingly
declaring that they could not stand reduc-
ton Of twenty-five per cent. on bar iron.
Under the circumstances, IL looks as il the
best thing that could happen would be iof
the bill to fail, and the whole subject remain
| fe--.sss newly -elected members 10 take tbs
| matter in hand at the next session of Cor
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be necessary 10 bring into it the largest prac-
ticable number OF the parties at interest.
While the spinners are suffering more than
those who weave their yarns into cloth, II ID
apparent that the latter are equally in En-
esied with the former IN ali que stioDs affect
ing the management and operation OF their
mills, and hence should 60 operate cordially
in securing the general objects Of the asso-
citation.
We aim at mutual Improvement and pro-
lection. In spirit OF candor, we propose to
report to each other our experience, and, by
iuterch snge Of ideas, epdeavor to place this
noE vital interest 10 our section upon the
beat attainsble basis.
We cordially invite you 10 become a mem
Der, and assist us TO carry forward the plans
of The association thus imperfectly outlined ::
J.F. HANSON,
Agent Bib Manufacturing Company.
I. 3. DALLAS,
Treasurer Nashville Cotton Mills.
Fl. T. IEAAN.
President Ogletllorpe Park Company.
E. NJ CLARK,
Proprietor Oglethorpe Mills.
W. T. HUGUELEY,
Proprietor A labaIaa and Georgia Mills.
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ELECTED By FRAUD.
Senator HOar's Friends Said TO Have
Secured His Reelection by
Forgery.

BosToS, January 19.-It was generally re-
por,ed last night, and telegraphed 10 come
papers, that Senator Hoar's friends had Sc
cured the support of the Grape men by
mesns of forged telegram, stating that
Grape had Withdrawn from the race. and re.
quested his friends to vote for Hoar. Fur
Their investigation of the alleged forgery this
morning shows that no actual letter or tele-
gram from Grape wa. shown, hence there
was no forgery, as stated in last nights dis
patches. There is no question, however, Of
the fact that the statement was circulated a!
the statehouse that such communication
had been received, and it was generally be-
lieved
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MooRHEAD, MINI, January 19.-The Key
City block, a brick structure, which cost
S40, 900, burned to the ground early this
morning. There were some forty persons
living in the block, and all managed 10 get
out safely, though one man had a narrow
escape. Several merchants who occupied
stores in the block lost their entire stock, on
which there was little or no insurance.
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The Milwaukee Fiend.

MILWAUKEE, January l9.-Schiller, the
alleged Newhall House incendiary, was
brought back 10 Jail quietly this morning.
Ii is aow settled beyond doubt that he never
left the city, but was concealed in the house
of one Of the deputies OF The sheriff. The
reason for this action is hard TO find, because,
besides the excitement Immediately follow
ing, the matter was taken extremely quietly.
The evidence that Schiller removed his stock
the day previous TO the FIRE accumulstes. 1t
has now come to light that he even removed
the balls of seven billiard tsbles before the
fire. The value Of the stock secreted 30 far
is about $1,000. The search in the ruins this
afternoon resulted in the finding Of one body,
making forty-six bodies recovered, and leav.
ing three still to be accounted for.
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Convention OF Texas Cattle Men Called

ST.. LOUIS, January ia Convention OF
Cattle, Sheep and Horsemeu OF Texas has
been called to meet in Colorado City Feb
ruary LIST to discuss the live stock business
and State land question, and determine what
course the stocS men shall pursue to secure
legislation favorable to their interests, and
to organize a company TO look after their
affairs at the capital during the session oil
the Legislature.
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sustsined The point Of this decision is that
if the award were 8 mere payment OF claims
collected nv the United States for the various
sufferers, then the insurers would have an
equitable right to be subrogated TO all the
rights OF The insured whose losses they had
paid, iust az the insurers would have right
to the cargo itself if it had been une1Pect-
eddy recovered after they had paid Tor 1t as
lost. But as the award is 4 compensation to
the United States for the general loss, then
the United States can, if it chooses limit the
payments it makes to incidental sufferers.
In 6ue, the decision is to the effect that Con-
grese can donate the money in any way that
seems best TO it. The sum was given in
lump, the government 10 be the sole judge Of
its distribution.
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ARalse Alarm

KANSAS CITY, January ia IRE at 2
o'clock this morning damaged the Kansas
distiliery, one mile south OF town, 10 the ex-
tent of $4,000: fully insured.
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THE QUINCY HOUSE,
At Quincy, ILL, One Of the Largest Ho-
tells in that City, Burned TO
the Ground.
No Lives Lost, and but Two Slightly
IDjured-A False Alarm at
New York.

QUINCY, ILL.,, January 19.-The Quincy
House, one of the largest hotels in the city,
burned this morning. The fire was discov-
cred by one of the guests on the third door,
who at once gave the alarm. The first CLERK,
james L. Griffith, who was on the second
floor at the time, called the porters and sent
them to every room in the building 10 alarm
the guests. Many of the guests we're in the
dining-room, but large number we're still
asleep. Men, women and children rushed to
the street, few waiting to dress. But the FIRE
progressed slowly, and
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REPREsENrATIYEs on FAcToRIEs.

Ga, calling a convention Of Southern cotton
spinners and manufacturers in Atlanta, Ga,
on the 18th instant. The report was signed
BY the following named.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF FACTORIES.
q. J. Sargent, Treasurer wilcoxon Manufactur-
J. Peyer Superintendent Chattanooga Msnufsc-
W. h. Huguely Co., Alabama and Georgia
Manufacturing Company.
T. B. Dallas Treasurer Nashville Cotton Mills.
Robert L. Steele, President Great Falls Manufac-
wal walter H G. MscRae. Treasurer Wilmington Cot
Thomas N. Holt, Granite Cotton Factory.
August J. Sitton, President Pendleton Manu-
featuring Company.
D. A. jewell, JEWELS Mills.
T. L. Wainwright, Superintendent stonewall
Manufacturing Company; -,--
W. r. Sykes & Co., Cotton Manufacturers.
g. Potter, Houston Factory.
W. 4. Taylor, Treasurer Waco Cotton Mill
Merrill McGin, Camden Wool Factory
I. J. speck. Secretary and Treasurer Rockford
]. 5oons, Superintendent Huntsville Cotton
n Dumont. Linenberg Manufacturing Company.
B B. Bullock, Receiver Atlanta Cotton Factory
Idoipkus Meier Co., St. Louis Cotton Factory.
N. c. Cheek, Agent Paris Manufacturing Com
Brient Bros, Eureka Cotton Mills.
John T. Bellamy, Proprietor Tuscarora Cotton
o. s. Porter, Cotton Manufacturer, Covington,
w. Booker, Treasurer Pioneer Mills 49,.
pany.
In accordance with this call, as we learn
from the Atlanta Constitution, the 70 flowing
named gentlemen met in the writing-room
of the Kimball House, Atlanta, on Wednes-
day:
Mr.. J. F. Henson, Agent Bib Manufacturing
M. ". J. Booker. Treasurer Pioneer Mills,
MI: Robert M. Clarke, oslethorpe Manufactur-
Messrs. John N. Clarke's Sons. Globe Manu-
featuring Company, Augusta.
Mr.. W. h. Huguely & Co.. Alabama aud Georgia
Mr.. o. F. Canthorne, stonewsn Manufacturing
MT B. Davis, Adams Manufacturing Com
Mills. Nashville
The assembly was called to order by Maj.
J. F. Hanson, of the Bib Manufacturing
Company, Macon, Ga, who declared the
object of the meeting, and expressed great
pleasure in meeting the representatives of
the different mills. Maj. Hanson thsn de-
clared the meeting ready for business. A
temporary organization was effected by elect
ing Mai. Hanson, chairman, and Mr.. L. b.
Dallas, secretary.
Letters were read from Adolphus Mayer &
Co, st. Louis Cotton Factory; Rufus b. Bull
lock, receiver Atlanta Cotton Factory; j. h.
Wilson, it,, Gastonia, N. c.; Hy Warner Il
Sons, Oregon, Tenn, and John t. Bsllamy,
Tuscarora Gotten Mills, Enfeld, S. C., regret
ting their inability to be present, and ex-
pressing a Willingness and desire to CO.
operate with the association in its efforts 10
advance their interest.
1t was generally believed by those in at
tendanc that the noon trains would bring in
other delegates and permanent organization
was deferred until the afternoon session. The
morning session was then devoted to an in.
formal discussion of the interest Of the
Southern Gotten manufactures. At IL O'Clock
the convention took recess until 8 o'clock.
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Bu.ine,s House. Burned.

New York, January IA fire adjoining
the Astor House caused cry of Another
hotel on 6re.n There was nothing in it, but
il caused great commotioa down town.
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ABILENE, Ks, January 19.-Seven frame
buildings occupied by business houses burned
early this morning. Loss about $4,000,
partly insured. The origin OF the fire is un-
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NKw YORK, January 19.-On January
10th the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will make enty-6ve-cent maximum
rate for a message of ten words between any
of its Offices in New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York City and the southeastern part OF
the State of Maine. Orders have already
been given TO reduce the present rates OF
thirty, thirty.five, forty and fifty cents to
The twenty -fve-cent rate.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

IT Is curious to note, in view OF the now
universal prevalence of the tobacco habit,
that during the rsign of Louie Philippe
smoking in the TaiIeries Gardens was
strictly prohibited, while in Munich in 1888
thoushtless individual who happened TO
hight cigar in the immediate vicinity of
the royal palace was promptly hustled of to
prison. Tbs state of things remained the
rule in both countries until the revolution
of 1S4s. In England, as in the United
States, nearly every other man uses tobacco,
but thirty or forty years ago man who
appeared ON the streets of London with q
pipe or cigar in his mouth was accounted
a"snob." --
IT HAS been decided in England. both by
the Court of Appeals and. the House OF
Lords, that the SIS ,0OO, 600 awarded BY the
Geneva arbitrator upon the question Of the
Alabama claims was not payment OF indi-
yidual claims. but a compensation BY Great
Britain to the United States Tor the general
national Ioss which the country as whole
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Religious Persecution.
IRELAND.
EARL sPENCER's ADDRESS.

DUBLIN, January 19.-Earl Spencer, lord
lieutenant, who is a guest of Lord Portar-
lington, in replying to an address from the
inhabitants of Portarlington congratulating
him upon his wise and merciful administra-
ton of the law, and the success of his efforts
to preserve order and prosperity in Ireland,
said: "After the events OF recent years it is
improbable that lawlessness can at once be
eradicated. Its bsneiul influence will from
time to time make itself felt, and it needs
anxious watching The government will
rely upon all classes to maintain order" A
correspondent saws The address was the more
gratifying because infammatory notices had
been circulated endeavoring to incite the
people against Earl Spencer, and urging
them TO remember that Hynes, Walsh and
Joyce were "hung by drunken castle hacks"
THE LAND LAWS.
The Land Commission Court have refused
the application Of landlord to state
case for the purpose of appeal from recent
decision of Commissioner Litton in favor of
tenant in test case under the changing
gate" clause of the am ears act, affecting a
large number OF tenants.
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THE FIRE RECORD.
DistilIery DAMAGED.

NEwBERKY, S. c., January ia fire
here this morning destroyed several stores.
Loss S25, 1000; insurance, $4,000.