Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-18
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE NIGHT SCHOOLS.
the Committee Waiting for Funds to be
Provided.

As stated in THE STAR yesterday, the COM
mlttee appointed by the school board to or
game night schools, at a meeting Monday
evening outlined their views as to how such
schools should be organised 1--WE could do
nothing" said member of the committee to a
STAR reporter, "except to make an estimate of
the cost OF running the schools, and now will
have TO wait until the ladies who proposed and
are interested In the establishment of the
schools take some action. The District, you
know, has no funds available for these schools;
can DO no more than provide school
re. money 70 support Pc 81 the n sosoeis
those who are interested enough to Contribute.
don't know whether these ladies were fully
white and two colored, TO begin with. These
schools vim be sonewhst sxpsrimsntsi in this
n building There wits viii Be ssH pn
eipa ,.d in charge of the two white schools and
schools: Each principal win 'T have three
assistants stsI :u,,, The estimated cost Of the
Then there is the cost Of books for the pupils p
The District Commissioners may be able to fur
1ish the POOR books, but, at any rate, it is deemed
as soon as the scholars come, and that the
schools shall not have to wait until the scholars
BE- aweny weeks w
be three sessions each week. The whole ex-
pense for the twenty weeks, including the cost
rests with those who are interested in the estab-
lisbment of the schools to raise this 81 500.
The committee of I'M decided also that in the
should be distributed about the city SO that
persons In different sections of the city might
be benefited. The committee believed it to be
important to employ regular teachers, and not
to depend on volunteer service. The work to
be done requires teachers Of the highest ability.
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ages and the teacher will have a difficult task
before her. It would be better, think, to en-
who would not require any training. The ex-
perience in other cities has been, believe, that
there has always been large falling off in at
tendance on the night schools after the first few
days. In Chicago, think, there are 1000
pupils enrolled, and the nightly attendance is
only about ], loo. About the Christmas holi-
days, too. there is always great reduction in
the number of pupils in attendance
A Falling Ofin Our Foreign Trade.
A REPORT BY THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
The bu reau of statistics report upon our
foreign commerce for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1885, shows that there was a decrease
OF $9O,OOO,OOO in the imports, as compared
with the preceding fiscal year, the falling off
being chiefly in sugar, molasses, silk, WOOL iron
and steel. The United States stands fourth in
the value of foreign commerce, being preceded
by Great Britain, Germany and France in the
OfUeT uAIueO INC tOtai value Oh our foreign
commerce in merchandise, including the in
transit trade, during the fiscal year 1885, was
1883, SIS. 1875, of which the value OF the ex-
ports was $742, zoo, 900, of the imports $577,-
100000, and Of the in-transit and transship-
ment trade $4,000, 900. The import and ex-
ports of gold and silver, coin and bullion, during
the same period, amounted to $s3, 242, 1923, Of
and the imports s4s, oot, 600. TR The value Of
foreign commerce in merchandise, including
year was 81, 4s1 ,Os6, showing falling off in
our foreign trade during the last fiscal year of
$93.251 ,921. .l-fz
There il a steady growth in the demand for
crude articles, to be used as materials in the
various processes of home manufacture The
value of our foreign trade conducted in vessels
bearing our national flag also shows a steady
In conclusion the chief Of the bureau ex-
presses his intention at an early date of SUBJ
mitting to the Secretary of the Treasury for
presentation to Congress bill providing for
more complete and accurate collection of the
statistics Of our foreign commerce, and to
change the name of the bureau to 'bureau of
commercial statistics"