New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-08

Mr. Bliss who headed the list of callers for the Arthur
meeting In NewYork has described as one OF the
firm OF Morton Bliss & Co." friend says; MT. 'Or-
nelus ". Bliss, who figured chairman at the meeting
came TO Boston n small boy, and was taught all ne
know in the old dry goods firm OF James NJ Beebe ~
Co. Two old fellows namely. John s. and Ebcn Wright
had amasscd considerable fortunes In manufacturing cot
ton goods and M Bliss their chief clerk The
deadness OF Boston market forced them to open
house In NewYOrk, and Bliss was sent over To manage
It, The late war was lust over, and Mr. Bliss mad
amassed some means Of hs own. few years ago the
Wrghts died, and Mr. Bliss and Mr. Fabyan the Boston
chief cerk succeeded the old house and while nthe dy
goods line and possibly the Union League Club, and in
Dr. Thompsons Broadway Tabernacle Bliss IS consider
able OF a fellow"
Mr. Samuel Gregsten. who travels much abroad, and
knows the OF trade, says the United States must
stop coming silver and xpOrt its silver bullion 80 AZ
10 break the price Of silver the lowest point and 50 dis
rb the exchange between India ard England, and Ger
many and her numerous commercial exchanges IN America
and Asia England or instance has her great trade with
india and pays for cotton wheat etc. there with cotton
goods and silver Breaking the price Of silver to the
lowest point she must export more for exchange and
will begin silver higher, which can only be
got at by remonetizng IT, She adopted the step OF dc
moLetzing IL after Germany did 80, the latter being
loaded up With the gold she eXtorted from France The
gold prOdact Of the world hardly sixty millions year,
!
luxIrcs paid for in gold. We had accumulated $780,
100000 OF gold. now being drawn from and conse-
quenty the return Of our bonds Is felt to be coming as
gold gets low Meantime It is demonstrated that are
inexhaustblc in silver mines The necessity of remone-
tzng silver is vital and get at it let the coinage cease
here and the rest OF mankind feel the need OF higher
silver fOr exchange.
asking Count Zacharof who ono fifth of the
BOudOr Car COmpany's right here about Russian in
tolerance with Germans and Jews. He said: 9" The Jew
in Russia refined like the jew in other countries.
He has little relative knowledge OF the civilization Of
| other Jews. Having been very long in Russia a land
without intercourse he has settled into fixed con-
dOns. most of which are degrading. For example the
liquor saloons nearly all kept by Jews; they const
utc class Then there set OF r0per-n 10 Tn Dse
saloons TO bring drinking customers making class mum
Der The pursuits RI the four other classes are still
lower down. Therefore the jew in Russia not pcrse
account OF his religion but because he ministers
| TO many appetes which affect general morals. The
German. on other hand" continued Count Zacharo
dslikcd because his superior method, economy and
foresight enable him to supplant our own people in the
| pursuits long habudl 10 them. For example. am
banker You my chief clerk and your friend there
my executive hand. \ young German arrives and al
that he wishes to learn the banking business and
that salary is no consideration. He is directed
to the banking house He Is clean, neat exact ana he
says he viii work year two years for nothing at
all Now we Russians not very discreet or prudent
race We take the young German In. He has been well
versed in figures. business science and in the routine
Of life He just what he is going to DO no matter
| how many years the contamination may be off. In a
little while he has the OF that house and none OF us
| understand our own business. He has become indis-
pensabe few years pass by and |, the banker, am
perhaps the porter keeping the door while he Is at the
head house. This OF thing had gone mper
ceptby until all at Russia awakened and we said:
| Ny God. are slaves in forefathers' housesP
Hence the Russian antpathy to the Germans-nOt wholly
| Just, grant you. yet a fact
Said 70 Count ZacharoG: You speak English Gle
gantly and told You write it and make living
by it. you speak Signor Brgno there in Italian
| also. Are you all educated menT I verify believe"
sai0 Count ZacharoG higher class of Russians,
the sons Of the nobility the best educated the
! globe certainly in Europe. There not many
OF them, il Is am exception, but speak twelve
languages We take into houses tutors from France,
Germany. etc. and begin children. When was say
nine years Old spoke three languages In few years
more I had many more. Having mastered a few
languages the acquisition Of others becomes less difficult
The Government calls for service according to our
acquiremnts l may be taken from the army, and given
agreeable diplomatic place in some distant land he
cause / perfect its language Therefore the no
bty hard with their children but for the great
bulk OF people especially the they neither
read write. Again. have 10 learn science. am
in the army, and had know tie up artery
perhaps leg and medicine Is military accomplish
ment After General skobelefrs speech, which tie Ger
man Government wanted a reproOt for, had suffer-
| being his stall found myself IN America with
sufficient money have lasted me some time with pru
dence spending It left and right, and suddenly
found that my property gone. In the interim be-
fore It restored to me- able TO make my living
| by writing for the principal newspapers not only in
New-York but in Cincinnati Chicago and else where
How do you like American It is an interesting
| land" said Count Zacharof As far comfort goes
you can buy anything here that you in Europe But
the Americans, think. more smart than clever For
instance In Chicago am ordered Of my the
| hotel to accommodate delegates to the convention.
Gentlemen house tell that they have been good
guests for two or three years and treated with
respect Il be good policy to lose reliable
! customer for weeks better remuneration from
stranger Yet IL Is looked upon matter Of course
here and must think It smart than right Again.
have noticed in Europe that all Americans are Of two
classes one kind who affect to despse America and the
other who eau see nothing in Europe admire but who
are constantly telling about the advantages OF their
own country. You give much OF your time TO money
and little refining your intercourse and being able
| 70 extract yourselves from the business demon who
finally dries You up. Whatever vices the Russians have
they keep payfulness their natures You with more
virtue to have excursions in your lives, but
slave harder than the slaves you emancipatcd.
The steamship question does not much concern Ameri
except passengers but 1t is distressing the En-
gllsh greatly. The Cunard Line originally established
by lobbying the discontinue Of the Bristol
shippers has within a few years past gone through
stock Obbng operations similar to the history OF the
Pacific Mail. The public got the stock with one hundeTd
per water In It, and then the operators got the
stock back cheap after its diyidendpayng power had
been thrown away Therefore the company is beginning
get fast ships but the meantime some Of its old aud
highly disciplined men, who had grown nc for other
business have passed away Frciehts have been so r
certain in years since speculative lock-ups Of