Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
POINTS FROM PERKINS.
Big Grain Figures-Oysters and Billings
gate-The Dear Naughty Prince
What CIOthes Cost. etc


What Clothes Cost, etc.
Special Correspondence OF tie Morning Yelos
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Since last May
have personally examined the wheat anC
corn crops from Denver and st. Paul Il
Vienna, Austria. have looked at tbs
grain fields through England. France
Germany, Austria and Belgium, and
taking the grain crop of the world, there
has not been such a splendid crop for ter
years. There is no bad wheat between
Madrid and st. Petersburg, or between
Liverpool and Marseilles. All Europe il
talking about the splendid crops. 1t il
conceded that America will produce 500.
100000 bushels of wheat, and 2, 200, coz, 900
or billion bushels of good corn. This
will be an excess of about 100, 000, 900 bush.
els of wheat and 500,000,000 bushels OF
corn over last year.
Now, what is to become of this great
crop?
can see where the corn will 20 to. for
it will go to France to be made into
spirits; and France and England are TAX
ing more pork every year. Corn means
pork and whisky. A Liverpool importer
told me that England was increasing her
pork importation 2 per cent. month.
So the corn viii get out of America, but
at low price. l believe live hogs will
be sold in Chicago at 81 cents per pound
before next June. In regard TO American
| wheat am sorry to say that it must 90 TO
| a low figure. American farmers must be
prepared to see their wheat selling in
| Liverpool and Hamburg for 80 cents a
bushel. It is only these phenOmenally
/ low prices that can keep the Russian
wheat on the Black SEA, and break up the
/ wheat raisers Of India. You are on the
| eve Of low prices in America. BE pre-
/ pared for it.
/ PRUSSIA COLOEIZISG AFRICA.
! They were all talking in Berlin the
/ other day about German colony in Afri-
! ca. The German newspapers were full Of
! editorials about il, and the politicians all
/ said, We've got 70 have an African
! colony"
In my interview with Prince Bismarck,
/ l asked him about the new colony. He
/ laughed, and said:
/ ''Oh, we haven't any African colony yet,
! but the people and the German newspa-
pers all want one. We are growing 50
/ fast that we want territory for expansion.
] France has a colony in Algiers, and Eng
/ land has India. All our surplus pOpula-
/ ton now have 70 20 70 America. They
add 70 the wealth Of another nation.
+ Why not add 70 the wealth Of our own na-
tion:7
! Since that talk Germany has established
/ two colonies ia Western Africa-one al
! Angra Pequena and another al Gamer
/ Oons. These Two German colonies take
T up all the Intervening space in Africa be-
+ tween the French colony at GabOon and
E the English colony on the north. The
{ German policy is 10 buy up native chiefs.
/ and place them under the prOtect0rate
Of the German flag. In one instance they
made a chief Colonel Of q native regi-
ment. That Is they bought the chief and
all LIS men for the price Of good rations
and uniforms. They dOu't conquer the
Africans; they buy them. as Russia buys
the AsIauc chiefs. The diplomatic Bis
maTck call this national absorption.
Africa VIII soon be cut up into sections
and divided out 10 the & iREs Of Europe.
AMERICAN OYSTERS.
American oysters are for sale all over
England. The price is high. three shil-
lings a dozen. / saw a wholesale oyster
man at the Billingsgate fsh market. in
London, who told me how they managed
them. He waited a few moments. While
dozen barefOOted women swOre and
wrangled about box Of spelled blOaters,
and then said:
''We ship little oysters from America
and plant them in English water. We
select the mouth of river. After staying
there -"
Here the Billingsgate women swore so
4OAAA l14cAk AlC CUn q GdtADn " de 4uAEA-
rupted.
CATER staying there a year, as I was
saying, we take them up and sell them.
See," he SAID, opening one, ''they are a
little salter than your oysters, but very
good, and ~
Here the market women swore so loud
that my friend had to stop, and walking
up to the nearest, he said:
''Women, want you to talk louder and
swear harder.1
''What for, We blaggart?'' they asked.
''Why, this man here is going back to
America to participate in the political
campaign, and he wants to get familiar
with the Billingsgate slang, and
80 20 long WId We, We sOre-heaced spal-
pene, yep they all yelled; and while
they were firing at my market friend
escaped.
THEY LOVE THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The common people IN England all love
the Prince of Wales. There is no mon
arch in Europe so beloved as the Prince.
The reason is this: The Prince is very
democratic. He doesn't act like a king,
he rides in a simple carriage, he goes
everywhere, he even dimes at the Savage
Club with a lot of BOhemians. He is now
visiting around the country. He has been
bad fellow amongst the women, but the
common people rather like that. He was
intimate with Lady MOrdaunt. but lied
about it like king. He's been mixed up
with Langtry and dozen actresses. but
it has all added to his popularity. He is
now about 45 years old, his wild oats
are about all sown, and, as he settles
down, the people all vote him a jolly good
fellow. He will succeed to his mother
without any opposition. Everybody wants
him to slide into the place, and everybody
will be glad when he is there.
WHERE TO BUY IN EUROPE.
l have found cut where to buy cheapest
in Europe. If you want gentlemen's
clothes, London is the place to buy them.
Here, the best suits-dFess suits or surtOut
suits-made atthe ''swellest" tailors' cost
$50. Common summer suits cost about
$l3. The best oyercOat in London costs
$35. Gentlemen's gloves are 50 to so cents
pair, and collars II cents apiece. Shoes
cost 81 or s. a pair.
In Paris, ladies' dress goods, laces and
gloves are cheap. A plain velvet dress
costs 500 in Paris. Gloves, gdutS de Suede
16 buttons, best kid, cost 81 20 in the Rue
RivoH shops. WOrth's and POOLS are not
two OF the best places to go to for style or
cheapness. They make their money OF Of
fools and Americans. A 5000 Worth dress
can be bought for $125 anywhere else.
Stockings can be bought very cheap at
Chemnitz, Germany, where millions of
them are made. Ladies' best Isle thread
stockings cost only one dollar in Paris.
Silk stockings cost two dollars and half.
Brass work is cheapest in Germany. 1t
is made there. j bought brass boxes in
Berlin for six dollars that are valued at
ten dollars in London. Ladies' under
wear is cheaper at Macy's, in New York,
than it is anywhere in Europe.
IRVING AT HOME.
Mr.. Irving kindly sent us a box for
''Twelfth Nights This will be his new
play in America. l was disappointed at
the play, but agTeeably disappointed. 1t
holds the audience spell-bound every min
ute. 1t is a wonderful production. The
house was full even though the weather
was hot, and the time out of season.
Mr.. Irving has abolished all fees in his
theatre. This is step forward in Lon
don, for the greatest ''bore" in England is
the fee fiend, always standing to be feed
The hotels all charge three American
shillings for attendance, but every cham
bermaid, bell-boy and porter expects a
fee besides. The rapacious landlord steals
all he can from the guests, and makes his
servants live off of gratuities. 1t is a mis-
cradle system, it is dishonest, and causes
any amount of disgust among American
travellers. Conductors on trains all ex-
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