New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-29

III HlguJ. u IN hccluoub Wefe 10 uappOn3 Al INC
ice to stave hole in the hull Of one Of these
boats, and she wero to sink could the passengers be
saved by such means a. are ut present provided
Are the life preservers accessiblef Are the small
boats, II any, in good order Do the officers and
deck-hands know their duty in such casesf Have
any means been provided for sending assistance
from the shore TO boats thus endangeredf
The impression is gradually taking possession Of
the public mind that IL the PRONUNCIATION Of erron-
eons official figures IN relation TO canal shipments
makes success of Superintendent of Public Works,
then Superintendent Sbanahan is the right man in
the right place.
Exchanges last week showed an increase in the
volume of business, comparing with last year, at
Chicago, Baltimore Louisville and Providence,
a decrease at New-York Boston, Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Hartford. New Haven. Worcester and Lowell.
At Pttsburg and Portland there was not much
change. Considering that the volume OF business
measured il au0dnts paid through banks depends
upon prices aud that prices generally lower
than year ago, the returns not unfayora6le
in tenor
Police Justice Duffy is greatly surprised because
Mr.. William 5lcGIorys sources of information as tOa
proposed raid seem to be competeand effective
rs hs Own. Mr.. Duffy has evidently paid little at
euton the career OF that distinguished transgTes-
sor. To Dir. McGory the Excise Board the Police
Department, thu Police Justices, the District At
torney's Office and the Penitentiary but as the
idle wind which lie regards not.
Henry George is likely to find more favor in the
north of Scotland than he has in England. The
people there have been greatly ineensed by the
policy of many wealthy landowners In turning
their estates into clear forests and thus withdraw
ing them from use and cultivation. When Mr..
George therefore talks TO these cultured Scotchmen
about the abuse Of private property in land, they
are apt TO symp1thize with his doctrines to some
extent Bat the of justice is far TOO strong in
the Scotch character for them to approve his plan for
cOniseatsou without eompensa ton. Then they Will
part company with him. and then in fact every
people under the sun will always do the same.
The trouble with the Democrats is that all their
Snar6s turn into Booum5 at the critical moment.
There are many issues, and so many candidates,
but usther the one or the other are practicable,
when it comes to the point. What they really need
is patent reversible platform, and patent rever-
sible candidate to occupy it, Let US hope that the
difficult quest may be succcssful
a gentleman in this city wrote to Benjamin F:
Butler, asking what should be platform on which
he codId run for President. THAT question is an
easy one to answer replies the Ex-Governor.
burdens to all men under the law Not bad
platform, but such candidate would look strangely
out Of place upon it, This lstter TO prove, if
any proof needed, that Butler proposes to run
for President even if he has to nominate himself |
ID may come to that, for National Democratic |
Convention cannot be stormed with ladders was !
the state convention in Worcester few years |
ago.
Mr. Gladstone has been showing his tenautry az !
Hawarden how the British farmer can improve his |
condition. He holds that more attention should bo
given 70 the production of poultry, eggs, butter
and fruit and he has high hopes based the future
foreign demand for British jam. He believes thai |
this t0otGsome product may be made to take the |
place of butter among the masses the continent !
and that tAu3 the farmer may be enabled 10 offset |
the damage caused him by the free Introduction Of
American Deef and grain, Australian mutton, and |
other competitive food products. What the British |
farmers think Of this suggestion remains to be |
seen.
We are glad 20 note that some of our cOntemDora-
RES in their amable desire to crafty their
spondents who thirst for information do not neglect
even the infant classes in the primary schools. !
One toddug prattler gets some to write for him
over the signature a.. A. NJ" the momentous
question, Is it right to say Call John ald Or
Call John and me- " but benevolent newspaper
in its grave and dignfed department of " Answers
t. Correspondents kindly solves the mOmentous |
question. Bat couldn't the little cherub just as
well have asked his school-mistress!
In reponse to numerous demands on the
part of the public synopsis of the postage |
rates in the United States has been in
cluded IN The TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1874.
On = single page will be found succnct descriptions
of the four classes of postal matter list Of articles
that cannot be carried in the mails, and direc-
tions with reference to permissible writing The rates
of postage to Canada and other foreign countries
are briefly explained and the page is filed out with
curious table giving the prepaid rates of postage
in the principal countries of the world. The value
of this page will be highly appreciated by the pub
lie, inasnuch rs 1t contains in convenient and
accessible form information that is needed every
day in town and country.
Fatal accidents on the elevated railroads may be
expected, unless the regulation Is rgidly enforced
which enoins that passengers leaving the trains
must be allowed to get off before passengers board
ing the trains are allowed to get At present the
rush OF incoming passengers 10 the trains is, at
tain hours of the day. very much like stampede of
Wild animals, aud when outgoing passengers at
tempt tn make their egress the struggle at the gate
often assumes the appearance of rough-and-tum-
bic fight The precipitation with which the trains
are started adds to the danger ON these occasions.
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PERSONAL.
Senator J. Donald Cameron is having his por-
trait painted by Bonnat
\ bronze bust of the late DR.. Marion Sims is to be
placed in the new Harvard Medical SchOO-a gift
from grateful Boston patient of the doctor
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