The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SUNDAYS THOUGHTS on VARIO US
SALIENT TOPICS.

! anee-ToiIing MiIIions-&c.
The story of the Sugar Trust shows
| how combination OF few greedy re-
fnevs can collect tax from the people
OF a great nation. The hgures presented
indicate that in only four months this
monopoly has taken profits which are
enormous. But trade monopoly or
Trust exercises an injurious and oppres
| siye power in more than one direction
! Consumers not only are made 10 pay
tribute. but also are virtually forbidden
To become producers in the tleld which
the ring holds. Sometimes, too, the ring
depresses the price of It's raw material
while it raises the price OF It's finished
product. and thus wrongs sellers as well
as BUYERS. Such action may compel the
formation of another Trust TO control the
| raw material So one such monopoly
begeis another For example, the steel
makers bv concerted action raise the
price of the steel parts of pillow then
the pYowmakers form kind OF pool to
exact higher prices from the farmer
| y. T. Herdld.
The Chinese emigration question
should he held down TO the cold mathe-
NAUTICAL facts as presented by the report
of the Chief of the Bureau of statistics.
| Emigration from China TO the United
5 States began in 1854, when 1900 Chi
: ncse arrived in this country. This emil
Z grafton continued in varying volume
for eighteen years-in 1875 as
many as 10 033 coming, in 1871
6.O30-the arrivals answering the
/ natural laws of supply and demand In
| 1888 we had the treaty of restriction, and
the immigrants fell TO 3Sl. In 1884
| there were 81 in 1885 81 in 1886, s.
Now, TO speak of the immigration OF
eight Cinnamon to the United States in
one wear as an evil requiring new legisa-
ton or new treaties is trifline with pa
thence and common sense.-N J. HeTald'
4 WHY does business wait: 1t is not be-
cause Congress proposes TO reduce The
taxes. Both parties have promised to do
this for the past eight wears, and bust
4 ness did not begin to revive until after
h the inauguration of an Administration
pledced to "reyise the tariff and stop the
surplus"
business waits because business men
fear that the taxes will not be reduced,
and that the experience of last summer
4 will be repeated, when a catastrophe due
to a currency lookup was ayerled only
by desperate and temporary eIpedient
OF the Treasury Department.-N !.
World.
Tillman. NJ. c., of Edgefeld, S G., and
! Chairman of the Reading Investigating
I Committee, states that he is gentleman
! and that he is above using his public
I position TO abuse anybody
| Dana, C. A., of the New York Sun, de-
POSES and says this concerning Mr.. Till
man and his committee
'The examination Of the Reading OIL
cials at Philadelphia is disgrace to the
/ Fiftieih Congress Never was there a
more shameless prostitution OF the red
eral power to the ends of dishonest traffic.
We do non impugn the course OF the
Congressional Investigating Committee
on the general ground of its being uncOn-
stilutional, inQusiorial, and oppressive,
but we boldly and openly proclaim its
dishonesty and its corruption.-N J.
! Times.
The European coalition against Russia
il apparently strong enough for all prac-
teal purposes. Germany, Austria, and
Italy, acting in concert, ought To be able
To prevent aggressive operations on the
eastern frontiers OF the two military En-
pires If there be any virtue in the
weight OF opposing ornaments, Russia
will be kept under restraint by the diplo-
matte combination already formed. En-
Glands participation in the alliance
against the Northern Power would prob
ably tend to irritate France, and by com
pleting the process of diplomatic isola-
tion to force the Republic into a counter
coalition with Russia.-N y. Tr6Uno.
Both parties want To elect the next
President, and that wheels all parties at
once into the manufacture OF tally FOR
the "toiling millions" And there are
other most persuasive reasons why party
leaders in Congress regard the labor
|"taiIy" trade as the most profitable they
can now engage in They don't know
where the labor vote may strike them III
their districts, as it struck Morrison, Car
Isle and others in 1886, and the average
party Congressman is just now the
most prolific producer OF "taffy for
labor voters to be scared up anywhere in
the whole field of politics -ErchdHge.
The Congressional Committee has sue
ceeded in showing up the character and
operations of the Reading railway and
coal combination 1t has secured the ad-
mission of its officials that the coal barons
do not consider the consumer in regu-
laling the output or fixing the prices !;
that other collieries are now paying the
$ per cent advance denied by Car Cor
bin, and that the will of the managers,
not the demand of the market, fixes the
price of the peoples fuel.-N. T. World.
The Boston HerdH of Saturday says
that one of the pretliest girls at the Ven
dome domino party was Miss May
Brady, daughter of Judge Brady of New
York, who, with her aunt, Mrs. Lydig,
has been visiting in Boston for a week,
staying at the Nendome Miss Brady
bears "a strong resemblance to the beauti-
ful Marchioness of Kildare. Miss Brady,
during Ler visit in Boston, was the re-
cipient of a good deal Of attention In
prominent social circles. - Exchange.