Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-09

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affairs despite his retirement. His views
a. 10 the importance Of extending our re-
Iations with Mexico are doubtless well
founded. and probably proceed largely
from bis confidence in the good judgment
Of his friend General Grant. II is 10 be
hoped that the distinguished statesman
and his hero may receive an increase OF
zeal. and that they may yet see the wis
dom Of cultivating friendly trade rela-
tons with many other countries than
Mexico. Mr.. COnkling and General
Grant are on the right road. and il IS 10
BE- hoped that a great light viii break
upon them. such as enveloped Paul on
the road 70 Damascus.
Mr.. COnkling's opinion that the country
was set back ten years by its failure 10
give General Grant a third term Is doubt
less honestly entertained. but historical
facts are somewhat irrecOucilable with II.
Il Is confessedly true that however the
North Jared southern prosperity took an
upward bound Immediately after General
Grants departure from the White House.
Whether the progress Of the South was an
effect Of Grants withdrawal OF not. il
certainly was a consequent thereof. and
the public mind in this section will not
wrestle long with the distinction.
Mr.. C0nkling finally dropped into the
role Of the seer and deliberately annOunc-
ed the fact that the Democrats were
about 70 take control Of the country. We
had a suspicion Of such preparations be
ing on foot.and are not little encouraged
since Mr.. Conkling suspects likewise.
Only a statesman Of Mr.. COnkling's
holiness and frankuess. however, would
tell the grand old party that the Jig was
up. Il may De that he intended TO remind
the party that more music could be had.
and that he ana General Grant were pre-
pared 10 furnish it. if called upon. Mr..
C0nkling's remarks upon bosses, too.
are instructive. He cut away a pile OfrOt
with the sententi0us declaration that a
man who was a boss generally deserved
70 be boss In other words, Mr.. Conk-
ling probably meant TO remark that if he
owed the grand old party more than it
owed him he would like to see the
figures. Mr.. Conkling probably intended
70 say little when he arose, but. as is his
wont. he managed 10 say a great deal. 1t
. is singular, though. as the yeraci0us cor
respondent informs w.. that his remarks
( excited no demonstration whatever
Z In view Of the stirring appeals made
% the working men in the autumn Of 1880
10 rally around the 'grand old party 10
! the end that the mills should be kept open
and good wages be paid, it is laughable to
+ hear our valued contemporary, the Phila-
/ delphia Press. remark:
The supply Of iron continues largely
! in excess OF the demand. and therefore
7 prices continue weak and declining.
/ some assume that lower prices and lower
! cost are the true remedies for this state Of
affairs, but these have proved Intellectual,
7 although tried for months past. In fact,
I every reduction seems 10 be followed by a
I falling on in demand. 50 that the question
/ Of price has very little to do with it. If
; the trade Of the country were mOnOpO-
T. lied by foreigners. the natural inference
1 would be that our prices were too high,
. hut practically there j. no such cOmpe-
/ titiOn at present. Oyer-prOduction is
. the trouble. and the remedy Will doubt
{ less be applied IN the usual round
Z about way. Competition more or less
I pr0tracted. and injurious TO all. appears
I 10 BE- the only means Of reducing the out
I put and il is much 10 be feared that the
{ iron trade Is entering upon an experience
[ 4 this kind. For this reason the threat
I -ned strike is regarded with the utmost
/ Indifference. The output may as well be
/ restricted now. and il is only question
! whether il shall be at the expense Of labor
, OF by the exhaustion Of capital. This
( unfortunate condition Of affairs renders
/ Z certain that one or the other Of these
/ alternatives must be adopted. and il Is
better TO accept the inevitable than 10 in
Z iulge in hopes of which there IS not the
/ slightest chance Of realization"
It appears that in many parts Of the
! country the officers Of the internal re-
/ venue are attempting to make claimants
( for rebate upon tobacco believe that II is
! best u engage the services Of eX-Commis-
/ -i0ner General Raum to attend to their
I business in Washington. Senator Vance.
! IF North Carolina, publishes a card in the
I Charlotte Journal and O5Serrer, in which
I he warns the tobacco men of his state
| from being thus imposed upon. He says
| that any money given 10 Mr.. Raum will
/ be mostly in the shape Of a present. He
Z saws that in nineteen cases out of twenty
\ no attorney OF agent whatsoever will be
| needed. In fact. in no case will such aid
I be required. except where the facts are
I disputed or there is some suggestion Of
/ fraud. Blanks and full instructions how
! to proceed are furnished by the Treasury
Department. and the aftidayits Of the col
] lector and his deputies will be conclusive
1 in all but exceptional cases.
Noting the retirement of Vanderbilt, the
/ Philadelphia Record remarks: "All SER
4 hr
/ II. Vanderbilt has retired from business
were faulty in their premises, and there
| fore their conclusions need not be investi-
| gated. Mr.. Vanderbilt has turned the
| deck over TO his mates, but he VIII still
/ decide what ports shall be visited and
! what cargo shall be-carried. If any one
/ would like TO jump on the Vanderbilt
stocks in the hope Of breaking them down
/ it is probable that Mr.. Vanderbilt will be
1 unable TO interfere for the seven or eight
] DAYS he is 10 be at sea; but it will be a
long time before it Will be safe to buck
l against the Vanderbilt interest on the
supposition that William H. Vanderbilt
| is not in business"
| Senator Camden, of West Virginia,
says that by the failure Of Congress TO
! pass the river and harbOr appropriation
( bill-which failure, he claims, was due to
1 the War Department-the government
/ will lose from $1O,OOO.0O TO 500, O00, 900 on
| account Of the stOppage Of work on the
! great public improvements. As a cOnse-
1 quence Of the suspension OF work, he says
/ that dams will be washed away, channels
I filed up and a vast amount Of work will
! have TO be done over again. This is an
| other count in the indictment against the
J Republican party.
/ A bronze memorial tablet has been
/ placed in Beacon street, Boston, in front
Of the old site Of the Hancock house. 1t
| is inscribed: Here stood the residence OF
John Hancock, prominent and patriotic
merchant of Boston, the first signer of the
| Declaration of American Independence,
and first Governor Of Massachusetts, under
! the State Constitution. Erected 49,.
Removed 1863
There is a great disgust among a large
class of Russians at the prospect Of rise
in the price Of passports. Under Nicholas
a passport costs 500 roubles. Alexander
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