New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-06
Guardian of the Poor in Philadelphia in 1870, Inc
fl 10 be the Governor of Idaho in 1854.

Guardian of the Poor in Philadelphia in 1870 he "
fit to be the Governor of Idaho In 1854.
Since Saturday the United States treasury n''
lost 81, 273775 of its gold held aud decreased 'no
amount of gold certificates outstanding by @%'iop
AGO. so that 1t owns only $112,255 less than Oh
Saturday 1t holds 81, 971 ,6S9 more in legal teh-
ders, but has 500 800 more legal tender certificates
out. 1t holds S51S, 086 more silver but has @flo'-
700 more silver certificates out. In effect, IL haS
reduced So, 161 400 of its gold notes. and $1,000
1s9 of its legal tenders losing only $112,2oo god
but owns $101, 1856 more silver.
The extent to which false buffers are sold Tor real
butter in this country furnishes comment on re-
publican freedom which will amuse those cynlcs
who don't believe in that freedom. In TINS case
freedom apparently means insolent and outrageous
cheating entirely unrepressed by the law framed 10
meet it. That law should never have been made II
it Is not TO be enforced. AS for the enterprlslng
tradesmen who anxious to Kill the goose tha'
lays the golden egg they ought to consider whether
they may not go too far. correspondent
writes us that she no longer uses in her family
any American cheese any foreign
cheese unless she has unmistakable evil
dence that it is genuine and that all her butter
she procures directly from makers IN the country
whose honesty she knows. She says that tamiiies
of her acquaintance who use large quantities Vi
butter get theirs in the same way, because they
have no faith in butter sold here. This is GUS
tom that Will spread among people who 1--we COM
fortably and make prompt payments-peopie whom
the groccrs have found most profitable patrons
II does look discoumgug for the advocates OF
honest money, when such paper as me EceR"0
Post does not know the difference between gold or
silver owned by the Treasury and gold or silver held
by the Treasury. Nothing but want OF ability 10
distinguish between the two, or want OF nf0rina-
ton that there is any difference between the t"o
can have led The Post to affirm that recent state
ments by TIE TRIBUNE were in error, when the
entire accuracy Of those statements was shown by
the very official returns quoted by The Fost IL Is
becoming an exceedingly important fact that the
Treasury does not own all the gold that 1t holds
and public journal ought not to forget the dis
tinctIon.
As the dismal accounts accumulate of loss of life
and destruction of property by che floods and
toruadoes at the West and South, the chronic
croakers labor diligently to make profit out OF
them But il is as well to remember that sad as
these disasters are and to individuals distressing,
they really involve increased buying and constlnp-
ton increased building and manufacturing. Before
long there will be many people fairly Ied ana
clothed rs there were before many thousands 1851
their all, and as many houses to live in and as
many establishments 10 work or TO trade in. Some
body will buy clothes, if many have lost all Their
clothing; somebody Will pat up new houses where
many houses have been swept away. The savings
of many families against rainy day VIII be
drawn out to restore tho necesSaries that rams
above and floods below have destroyed; the I'M
employed capital of many will be put into new
buildings to take the place of those that have been
loot oil "a. and i'm "A Thousand
ways, there will be increased demand for the Labor
Of producers to restore the property lost In the
end, of course q certain part OF the accumulated
wealth of the country will have disappeared, but
the immediate effect is to create demand Tor the
things destroyed by Hood, and to set thousands
at work. Ii is an i'll Hood that floats nobody good
It's regarded by many Democrats a. a dread
full thing that the National Committee of the party
sat upon tremendous free-trade prOnuncamentO
which somebody had prepared, and went about be-
seeching Democratic Congressman to sit upon Nor
rison's bill. To the members who honestly believe
that a protectige-tarif policy offers the party its
only chance of success-as Mr.. Morrison and many
others doubtless do-ths conduct of the committee
seems little short Of treason to the party. The very
hard words employed by these members in char
acteTizng Mr. Banum and his associates must be
chartably regarded in the light Of this conviction.
the life-boat by which alone the passengers and
crew can hope to escape from the wreck OF
Democratic hopes. Then comes Mr. Barnum and
wickedly kicks a hole in the bottom of the boat
What penalty is adequate for such crime
The Continental Powers are evidently disposed to
unite ia the adoption Of rigorous for the
exclusion of dynamitcurs. Germany and France
have already taken action in the premises, and
there can be no doubt that their neighbors will Join
them Recent English experience may probably
lead to similar legislation Measures of this kind
appear to be the only at all likely to meet the
evil. 1t is clearly impractcable to deal with the
dynamiteurs here. They must be encountered in'the
countries where they 90 to plot or to act; and if
inspection is really vigilant it ought to be much
easier 10 prevent them from landing in country
than to catch them after they have landed. Some
inconvenience to innocent persons must be expected
from the policy of exclusion, but this is probably
unavoidable under the circumstances.
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PERSONAL.
Mrs. Astor's conyalescence shoWedn0 change yes