New-York tribune., 1884-02-04
INDUSTRY AND TRADE.

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Nvw DANeKR.-The Finance Minister OF the
r,rmiu;on of Canada was urged by forty-fhree
members of Parliament ON Saturday. TO secure nc
eirrocity Of trade between Canada and the Ncs'
Indies Mexico and the Sandwich islands ms
x,ald enable manufacturers on the other sue VI
the St Lawrence to bring IN free ~ duty many ma
terials Of great importance and with the develop
ment of industries thus encouraged there Wouiu pe
eatlv increased danger of smuggling 10 his coun-
try The efforts of the sugar rehIers 10 OBTAIN eS
pecal encouragement from the Canadian Govern
,aept were recently mentioned and the demand for
,ac;proeity which was presented yesterday seems
10 have bearing upon the same industry.
ANOTHER MONOPOLY BROKES.-It is according
70 the nature of things that moDopolies IN trace
should burst generally with disaster to those VINO
have tried TO maintain artificial prices. The comoi-
nation in ouinne according to statements made IN
PHILADELPHIA. was formed fer the purpose oi pre-
venting unlimited sales of their surplus IN TINS
oountry by foreign manufacturers after the re-
naal Of duty on the imported drug. But
The movement did not originate with the
American manufacturers. On the contrary, u
is stated that the foreign makers were Ihe niSl
topropose an agreement, under which certain
pronort,on of the production abroad was taken by
American dealers. But the year has been az uh-
favorable one, and the light demand caused some
Earopeau manufacturers o drop ont, seulhS sloo"
al the best prices they could When the American
dealers learned of this they dissolved the agree
ment and the price dropped from 81 80 TO ,! 90
per ounce January "a. During the past week e'sies
have been made as low as 81 % ana Lnnmer Las
been sold in large quantities. it is stated, at Sl 70
The fact that the British Government has en-
couraged the cultivation Of the bark IN tne hAs'
Indies and that a supply for two or three years N
now collected in London is mentioned as cause
of the collapse The quantity imported during the
last fiscal wear was 1,055,754 ounces. against
794 495 in 1882 about 400 900 IN each OF the years
1881 and 1850 DOS, ,34s in 1879, and only lI,o4S
in 1873 Meanwhile the quantity OF cinchona oarh
imported is nearly as large as II was IN 1870
CoA1.-philadelphia dispatches say that family
sizes of coal are in light supply and prlces incline
70 harden This is attributed by some IN part 10
an increased use Of such sizes for many manufact
uring purposes, but continued cold weather Is
also potent Furnace coal. on the other hand' IL
comparatiyey duh, and offers fol- large lots wouio
be accented al slight concessions in price in the
New-York market the same depression IN larger
sizes is al ribued to the increasing competition OF
bitu1uinous coal of which excellent qualities can
now be obtained along the sesbOaTd at low figures.
The anthracite operators and miners have combined
80 often and so effectively against consumers that
il is not strange if the manufacturers who lave
60 consider the cost of fuel prefer TO use tue Dltu
minous coal wherever they can.
"FrrF CPAssr-This is the latest form of hos
fiiitv to property rights and il means in brief that
peope who buy lease land for Fasturage IL texas
are not to be allowed the Of ii if certain deSpe-
radoes can prevent. Fence-cutting has become so
serious an evil that the Legislature has been strlv-
ing to devise stringent laws for its prevention. and
now threats are made that if free grass is inter
fered with by the Legislature ali the waters IN
Texas inclOsed in pastures shall bo poisoned.
THIS threat though made IN al anonymous letter 10
q State Senator. causes excitement because of the
mysterious disease" that is sweeping off great
numbers of cattle. The real difficulty Is thar the
right TO pasture cattle on vast tracts of land III
Texas has been secured by comparatively few lar
sighted and enterprising men, and that pasture
lands with good supplies OF water are nor now as
easily obtained as they once were. But the men
who have secured control of the desirable land
pRid their own money for it, and their rights should
be protected by lag well as the rights OF the
poorest citizen
WINpo w-GLAss-After a waste Of five months
fine the producers and workers have agreed upon
terms so that the long strike be terminated. il
is difficult to resist the impression. IN view OF the
compromise finally reached, that there has been
wrong on both sides. The men insist upon past
graduated according 10 the selling price Of glass
after April / and the employers though they have
insisted that the rates paid were ruinOus, now
consent to pay them for time in order TO secure
the sliding scale for the future. One would say
that there ought to have been wisdom enough to
reach such an adjustment without five months Of
idleness and the importation OF great quantity OF
glass from Europe.
WHEAT.-An estimate telegraphed from Cincin-
nah is based upon special examination Of the
wheat stocks in the country" For obvious reasons.
snch an examination is quite yield worthless
results Actual examination of all the wheat IN
all the farmers barns is impossible Men who barn
wheat TO sell are too human TO tell exactly how
much they barn. And any guess based upon the
returns or statements made from "a number of dis
tricts is certain TO be greatly influenced by the
predictions of the person guessing. When the
yield has been officially reported, and the exports
since July l. a short arithmetical calculation will
give real information about the quantity in
the country than any special examination" can
bring to light.