The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-17
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
TARTOUS TOPICS Discussed BY
ABLE WRITERS.

America Fast Yaohts-specnlation and
PoIitics-RepubIican Side shows-Eng
lands Peace Policy The Close of Con
rre.s-Intsre.ting Facts. Etc.
AMERICAS FAST YACHTS Naval
Architect Martel of Glasgow explains As
: follows why We beat the British ~
would appear that the American type OF
yacht possesses greater stiffness, and
therefore greater sail carrying
power; il has. by reason OF
} the centreboaid, greater resist
ance TO leewsy, is fitted with better
sails for close hauled ssiling, and has
practically more skin friction and wave
making resistance at all ordinary speeds,
while the only point on which the Brit
ish type has the advantage is that she Is
safer in bad weather on the open sea
with large spread of canvas"
REPUBLICAN SIDE SHows-Senator
Quay has introduced q great many origi-
nal methods into the present campaign.
He has conducted the canvass good
deal as a needy adyenturer would run a
side show In a country circus. When he
wished to influence public opinion be
sent Colonel Swords out into the high
way with a $4,000 certified check for
betting purposes. Since this brilliant
scheme failed, he has been cast
ing his eyes around TO find something
new. His latest idea is 10 disseminate
truths" on the handblls of museums of
this city and Brooklyn. He finds that he
can hire column in these programmes
reasonably cheap, and he hopes in this
way to influence a number Of yotts-Ex-
change.
ENGLASD's PEACE Policy The Pal
Nal Budgt contains the following in
terestlng item
The nonsense that is talked and writ.
ten on the COntinent-and at home
about England's policy abroad justifies
and demands few plain words OF expa-
nation. England, let US frankly admit
II, is no longer military Power in the
modern sense. Oar sympatlies and our
policy are platonic rather than practical.
We do not intend TO land British sol
der on the Continent If we oan possibly
help il, and all declarations Of policy
must be discounted by this considera-
ton. But, subject TO that Limitation,
England has a policy, tolerably clear
and practical policy, which Is sometimes
obscuied 10y the prejudices of her Minis
t.rs and the ignorance of her newspa-
pers, but which is not very difficult TO
define and TO defend. If it ID clearly kept
in mind II will save our contemporaries
many mistakes and foreign governments
much confusion
England being the Power which has
most 10 lose by an outbreak of war, and
which also is the least prepared TO play
a successful part in a great campaign,
has only one policy She is for peace,
and in pursuit of that policy she is
against any and every Power that is for
war-sO far as it is Tor war. Lord Sails
burys personal piejudices lead him from
time TO time to mistake the Powers which
are working for peace. He seems to
have imagined some time ago that Italy
aud Austria were Powers whose interests
were so obviously bound up with the
maintenance of the status QuO that to
back them up was the best way Of con
ducing to the tranquility of Europe. 1t
was not because he disliked France or
that he loved Austria. lie thought il
well TO discourage possible French at
tack on Italy by fayOrng the notion of
an Anglo-Itali alliance on the seas,
and he supported Austria in order to de-
ter Russia from making a descent upon
Bulgaria But the result of his policy
has not been il accordance with his
wishes.
The CLOSE or COSGREss.-Fifteen
Senators and some twenty five members Of
the HOnse are now the sole remnants OF
the Fiftieth Congress In actual attend
ance al Washington. OF course no bust
ness Of any consequence can be trans
acted by such numbers. In the House
practically nothing is DONE because
few gentlemen who have never before
known what il was TO have any real
power in that body finding that they can
block any measure by raising the point
OF DO quorum, take great delight in doing
so.-Exchange.
INTERESTING FACTs.-The Agricul-
tural Department estimates the present
crop of wheat at Al 100000 bushels in
round numbers The Farmers RCcielc
puts the total at 100000 The actual
product In 1887 was $4,000, 900. The in
dicated shortage Of 81 100000 to 5000
600 is considerable, Of course, but, taken
alone, is very far from iustifying quota
lions in this country al prices higher
than 10 any other market of the world
The plea on which the SPECTATORS wish
to Justify themselves is that the shortage
is universal, and, therefore, cumulative,
the demand throughout the world mass
ing itself for supply in this the chief pro
ducing country The Financial CtroHicle
and the figures OF the international grain
market at Vienna supply test for this
position also. The worlds product is
placed at 1882 600 600 bushels in 1888,
against 977 coo, 600 last year. 1t is also
estimated that this year tie demands OF
the importing countries are $4,000 OC0
bushels beyond the surplus for export of
the producing countries, including the
United States The Financial Chronicle
estimates our surplus for export at an
even 100000, 600 bushels, or say 20,000,OO0
under the exports of lsS7.-New York
Tines.
QUAY's BETTING POoL.-Senator QUAY,