The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-17
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
WHAT EDITORS WROTE FOR YES
TERDAYS PAPERS.

ars. scott Siddons-Tbe Big Blows from
the west-"Adonis" and Sam Small
WOOL Growers-Mayor Hewitt-Coining
Tariff ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Putting.
In an interview published in the Wash
incton Post Mrs. Scott Siddons says :
"The present condition OF the player ;
art Is not encouraging. | do not SPEAK
from my own experience, because nave
ulways been treated, | think, away De-
yond my merits, but there are so many
good actors and actresses in this country
and in England whoare neglected ana ior-
gotten. while the successes ol the uhy
come TO those who are. by comparison,
entirely without talent. There are
ladies and gentlemen travelling VIVID
theatrical companies to-day and making
piles of money, and the wonder Is how
they do it,. 1t certainly is not their act
ing that makes the success. The drama
has derenerated, so has the actor. Shake.
speare has no show against trash, ana
acting has been eclipscd by something
that IS not acting
Mayor Hewitt has the right idea about
taxation.
The rule Of craftsmanship is that taxes
should be so imposed as to fall with The
greatest possible equality upon The whole
| %people. and so as 10 interfere tie least
! nossible with the establishment and Tie
! prosperity of every sort Of business.
The more strongly capital and bust.
ness are attracted 10 a place, and the
more active and prosperous they are IN
that place, the better it is; and, rs we
saw. il is the duty Of craftsmanship so to
arrange taxation that il shall not drive
away business or capital.
The endeavor to enforce the principle
of equality in the taxation Of personal
property Is vain. That sort of property
will always evade taxation if it can, and
the effort 10 tax it all, and equally, car
never be successful.
On the other hand the taxation Of rea.
estate is easy and sure. AZ every man
occupies land and lives in a house, il car
easily be made to fall upon all in pro.
portion TO the quantity and the pro
ductive value Of the real estate they oc
cupy.-N0e Fork SIM.
There is a ludicrous side to the out
come of the meeting of the wool mel
ius, held in Washington. Under the in
~Iuence Of the recognized popular pres
sure forthe reduction Of taxation through
the revision Of the tariff, these men con
suit together. If the blow of lighie
duties must fall upon the general indus
try, they think it prudent and Just Il
decide upoa the proportion OF The loa'
that each branch shall bear.
They ponder aud discuss, and the con
clusion they arrive at is that the Gutie
shall be increased instead OF decreased
1t is only by this means that the yarlou
interests can all be satisfied. And IN
meeting adjourned in a truly h%armOniou
mood. If the representatives, OF the oihe
industries hold conventions for the pur
pose of helping Congress along in it
work of revision, and meet with IA
same sort of success that the wool mel
have achieved, the sum of their recon
mendations for the relief Of the situation
will be that an additional du,y OF abou
10 per cent. shall be adopted all along ID
line.-N. y. World.
The march of the a%nti-cyclone an
2 nounced on Saturday as then GOVERN
most of the country west Of the Missl'
sippi, with temperatures far below zerC
was delayed Ivy the passage OF a depre.
/ sion from the Southwest. Great bodic
/, move slowly, and the anti cyclone, whic
bears toJhe depression the same relatiO
which the railway freight train on a we
! regulated line bears to the fast expires
train, must yield the right Of way. Hu
{ while its eastward advance on Saturda
was arrested, its atmospheric prcssur
, and intense cold did not abalc. II
: probable, therefore, that we shall vet hea
r something from it on the Atlantic sos
board.
e The effects of a great American ant
= cyclone are not confined To q ,empOrar
/, reduction Of temperature over the regiO
= which il traverses. Giving rise 10 bll.
@ yards and snow storms Of great exten
its influence is often felt for sewers
$ weeks. As long as the continent is No
e snow clad the heat of the soil temper
G the icy winds from the north and nit
| gates the severity of the season.-N. J
Herald.
1t is announced in our Washington d
I patches that a tariff bill will be prepare
t at the earliest practicable moment agree
upon by the majority OF the Ways an
I Means Committee, submitted to u
| House by the committee, and recommi
? ted. This will be done 10 avoid the en-
= barrassment and misunderstanding her
= tofore arising from the introduction
bills by individual members of the con
e mittee. So far so good, but what Il
committee will require will be some be
, ter agreement and discipline than The
. have yet been able 10 command in Il
s House. Unless they can act prompt
: definitely, AMI persistently, they vi
y frittef away the session with no result
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