New-York tribune., 1885-02-09

franchise of the proposed BlackwelPs Island Brldge
this much needs to be said. II any good ground
can be shown for indulging the behef that the
bridge will really be erected, If there are capita
and substantial men back of this valuable public
gift. 1t may be we'll enough to grant an extension.
These important points are not now entirely clear
and the suspicion has been more or less widely
entertained that a renewal of the franchise would
only endin It's profitable sale There isno partcu ar
reason why the Legislature should enact oppor
tunitles of this character.
The Democratic leaders were restive recently be-
cause Bayard was playing the schoolmaster"
They may be expected to rave now that the Presi-
Dental pupil proposes to engage three or four po-
litical professors.
The work Of the Patent Office measures the
progress of American endeavor in most import
ant direction. The superiority of this country In
many branches of industry has been more largely
due to the triumphs of American inventors than to
any other cause, and patent laws, with all their
faults certainly stimulate invention to high de-
gree, and have contributed powerfully to promote
the industrial progress of the country. During
tho last year 20, 0,207 patents were issued. and 1l6
rcIssued and Of the patents issued 1908 were TO
citizens Of the United States. On the ether hand
IL, ,3O1 patents expired during the year, OF WHICH,
doubtless, very large proportion have never been
found of practical utility. The Patent Ofhce, WIN
all its benefits to the public, is not a burden to the
country financially Its revenue from fees last
year exceeded its expenditures by $lO5,2l9.
The Brooklyn Eagle makesl the following meta
phorcal remark: The atmosphere OF statesman
ship at the Victoria Hotel is thick enough TO cut
If this figure of speech refers to the quality Oh
II ot,it tIara bav
to add that good heavy steel axe with an oak
handle would be-requred to cut it.
There is bill before the Legislature to create a
commission to investigate the adulteration of can
dies 1t would be much more to the purpose II the
Legislature should undertake thorough investi-
gaton-which it can do well in Albany as else
where-as to why the stringent laws already in
existence on the subject of adulteration are not
enforced That candies are adulterated is well
known; but there are many food supplies that are
IN the same condition. There is strngest State
law against all such aduIteration, and the Boards
of Health in New-York and Brooklyn have power
to add TO their sanitary codes the subject. lhere
is no necessity for any commission to investigate
the matter The question is, why are not the laws
enforced by the officials paid for that purposef
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Democrats of Pennsylvania watering and has given
their appetites keen edge by printing list of the
post-ofices of that State the term of whose
incumbents will expire during Mr.. Cleveands
administration.
Among the ridiculous measures before the Legls-
latuie is one TO provide the city with two more
Police Justices. The city needs two more officials
of that kind about as much as it needs two more
Cntpnarotiyalv SDpakiup the Police JUS
ticcs now are the best paid and the least worked of
any of the judicial officers, unless it be the Civil
Justices Last year bill passed increasing
the number of Civil Justices for no other purpose
than To provide f25 900 more in patronage for the
Democratic halls" and it was approved by the
Governor Legislators lending themselves to such
a method of robbing the taxpayers should be care
fully watched.
A dispatch from Steubenvle. Ohio, states that a
man out that way recently got bad scare and that
his hair which before he scared of the color
known in the vemacular as tow-headed,' is now
"back as jet." But the dispatch fails TO state
where or why he bought the hair dye. Too many
persons after beng scared screw their courage mp
with strong drink. If dyeing the hair black will ac-
complsh the same purpose it is well that the fact
should become generally known. in the interest of
temperance.
distinguished contemporary on the other side
OF the political house refers to the Hon. Daniel
Manning rs rock-rooted," and adds, he would
be lust the man to hold Cabinet together when it
is shaken by the throes of political earthquake
Then Mr.. Cleveland would better not lose the
opportunity of employing the Hon. Daniels SER
vices, for it requires neither prophet nor the
son of a prophet to forcsec tue earthquake.
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NOTES on INDUSTRY And TRADE.
WHEAT-The recent al vance in price has checked
purchases from Great Britain and the Continent,
for a reason which Mr. II. kains Jackson suggests
in Dornbnsch of January II. viz: That English
producers continue TO SELL and at figures relatively
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